The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Phi Beta Iota: This started as a short list for the various college and university engineering students that have dialed in, but as we got into it, it became more of a “situational awareness” inventory pulling together both technical “solutions” none of which have been integrated yet, and analytic “requirements” none of which have been …
NOT for the General Reader, Get Cool It Instead October 8, 2009 Bjorn Lomborg (Editor) I was among those who considered Lomborg discredited when he produced The Skeptical Environmentalist: Measuring the Real State of the World, and I now retract two thirds of my rejection in light of The Resilient Earth: Science, Global Warming and …
India’s Demographic Moment With the right conditions in place — education, entrepreneurialism, and environmental awareness among them — a young, eager, educated workforce can be the key to prosperity. by Nandan Nilekani August 27, 2009 Harvard Business Review When conditions are right, large numbers of young workers can drive a nation’s growth to remarkable levels. …
Taliban claim Afghan bomb, say [Indian] embassy was target KABUL – The Taliban have claimed responsibility for Thursday’s suicide car bomb in the Afghan capital, saying their target was the Indian Embassy. Phi Beta Iota: India’s hands are not clean. There are ample reports of India offering safe-haven bases for cross-border terrorism into Pakistan, and …
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October 05, 2009 UN Climate Reports: They Lie By Marc Sheppard Speaking on the Senate floor in July of 2003, Senator James Inhofe (R-Okla) rightly called the threat of catastrophic global warming the “greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.” The Cybersecurity Myth by Bob Crigely The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said this week …
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Much More Than a Novel, This Is the Real Deal October 2, 2009 Phillip Oliver Otts As a recovering spy who has published and agitated for intelligence reform over the years, I generally have little patience for spy novels less the George Smiley series by John Le Carre. Been there, done that. This book is …
In 1988 a global campaign started at the Marine Corps Intelligence Center (MCIC) with the discovery that 80% or more of what the Marine Corps needed to do policy, acquisition, and operations support for this unique expeditionary and constabulary force, was not secret, not expensive, but also not known to anyone in Washington, D.C. Thus …
