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Mini-Me: General Mike Flynn on Intelligence — Earnest Advance or Better Kool-Aid?

Huh? New threats push need for intelligence, DIA director says Bill Hess Herald/Review,Sat, 09/15/2012 FORT HUACHUCA – The tips of fingers are sensitive, they can tell much to a person about what is felt and, in the world of intelligence gathering, ascertaining the intentions of an enemy many times requires a slight touch, the director …

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Mati Nissani: Strategic Lessons from the Rand Paul Fiasco

Strategic Lessons from the Rand Paul Fiasco “Without revolutionary theory, there can be no revolutionary movement.”—Lenin  …by  Moti Nissani, Ph.D. Prof. Emeritus, Wayne State University Rand Paul Summary: For many years, the liberty movement’s aspirations and actions have been focused on the presidential candidacy of Congressman Ron Paul. In Early June, this strategy backfired, following …

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Chuck Spinney: Gar Alperovitz on Rise of the New Economy Movement

The Rise of the New Economy Movement By Gar Alperovitz, AlterNet, 23 May 12 s our political system sputters, a wave of innovative thinking and bold experimentation is quietly sweeping away outmoded economic models. In ‘New Economic Visions’, a special five-part AlterNet series edited by Economics Editor Lynn Parramore in partnership with political economist Gar Alperovitz …

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DefDog: Counter-IED Network Analysis – Works for Law Enforcement, Ignored by US Military

When we worked on the Manhunting Project for SOCOM, the US Marshall’s Service said that fugitive hunting was all about network analysis. The IC doesn’t understand network analysis as the bean counters push for numbers….they focus on low hanging fruit and as a result there is always some guy out there ready to step up …

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Mini-Me: Leon Panetta on Dysfunctional Government + Meta-RECAP

Huh? Panetta: Political dysfunction threatens security By Walter Pincus The Washington Post, 30 March 2012 (J. Scott Applewhite — Associated Press) “Dysfunction in Washington … threatens our security and raises questions about the capacity of our democracy to respond to crisis.” That warning came from Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta Thursday night at a dinner …

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Review: Republic Lost – How Money Corrupts Congress – and Plan to Stop It

Lawrence Lessig 5.0 out of 5 stars Diplomatically Provocative — A Foundation, Not a Structure, March 22, 2012 I come late to this book but my review will be much more detailed and useful than most others now posted, including the several that I voted for. I received it this afternoon and it has absorbed …

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