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Chuck Spinney: Pivotng to China — Criminally Insane, Business as Usual

The attached report by Greg Jaffe in the Washington Post (from 1 August 2012) is an excellent case study of the inside-the-beltway networking by the players in the Military – Industrial – Congressional Complex (MICC).  Jaffe shows these networks build a consensus to keep defense spending high when wars end and a terrifying peace dividend …

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Search: bibliography for osint (new master list of archive link tables and directory entry points)

OSS.Net Library Sortable Table of Contents 1.2 Sorted by Focus Author Year 1988-2009 OSINT-M4IS2 TECHINT Chronology Academic Archive on Public Intelligence (1992-2006) Analysis Archives on Public Intelligence (1992-2006) Budget Archives on Public Intelligence (1992-2006) Commerce Archive on Public Intelligence (1992-2006) Golden Candle & Platinum Lifetime Awards (1992-2006) Geospatial Archives on Public Intelligence (1992-2006) Government Archive …

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Reflections on Lincoln, Principle, Compromise, Autonomous Internet & Citizen Intelligence / Counter-Intelligence 2.0 with Meta-RECAP

EDIT of 21 January 2013:  I have gotten both sharp criticism from folks I revere, and complements.  I am more than willing to delete this, but I am more interested in having people think outside the lines.  I’ve made some revisions, adding issues and readings in each section.   Email me as you please, robert.david.steele.vivas [at] …

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Marcus Aurelius: Army of None — Pentagon Loses Best & Brightest

Unusually interesting article.  Some aspects of problem I was aware.  Disagree with several of proposed fixes.  Understand Air Force has had some success with running an open bid system on upcoming assignments. An Army Of None Why the Pentagon is failing to keep its best and brightest. Tim Kane ForeignPolicy.com, January 10, 2013 As the …

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NIGHTWATCH: Afghanistan – Panetta Postures, Taliban Waits

Afghanistan: US Defense Secretary Panetta had talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the Pentagon on Thursday. Panetta told the media the two countries were “at the last chapter” in their effort to rebuild Afghanistan’s institutions and security. Panetta said, “We’ve come a long way towards a shared goal of establishing a nation that you …

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Marcus Aurelius: Fact-Checking CIA Fact-Checking 0 Dark 30 [with Robert Steele Fact-Checking Both] 1.2

Fact-Checking the CIA’s Fact-Check on ‘Zero Dark Thirty By J.K. Trotter | The Atlantic Wire – Fri, Dec 28, 2012 “The CIA is a lot different than Hollywood portrays it to be,” reads an official explainer issued today by the Central Intelligence Agency — a thinly veiled attempt to continue debunking Zero Dark Thirty, the controversial Oscar favorite that …

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