Berto Jongman: Activity Based Intelligence — with NSA-NGA Merger Coming Along Nicely

Activity-Based Intelligence Uses Metadata to Map Adversary Networks Gabriel Miller Defense News, 8 July 2013 Few outside the intelligence community had heard of activity-based intelligence until December, when the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency awarded BAE Systems $60 million to develop products based on this newish methodology. But ABI, which focuses not on specific targets but …

Marcus Aurelius: NSA Rejecting All US Citizen FOIA Requests — While FISA Court, Which Has No Jurisdiction Domestically, Goes Stasi

Daily Kos: NSA Rejecting Every FOIA Request Made by U.S. Citizens NYT:  In Secret, Court Vastly Broadens Powers Of N.S.A. See Also: GCHQ Surveillance: The Power of Britain’s Data Vacuum Rickard Falkvinge: Sweden Works for NSA Which Works for Israel, Against Russia and Also Europe? Snowden Interview: NSA ‘In Bed Together with the Germans’

Berto Jongman: US Jumps Off the Cliff: False Lessons from Foreign Wars Now Applied Against US Public — the Public is the Obstacle, the Enemy, and the Target

Domestic lessons learned from foreign wars A new book reveals that intelligence tactics devised for use abroad are employed against America’s own citizens Henry Porter The Observer, Saturday 6 July 2013 Out of the blue, and right from the heart of the American military establishment – the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterrey, California, no less …

Susan Lindauer: YouTube (9:52) — RT Interview on How Bush and Cheney Both Knew About 9/11 Months Before It Happened

“Breaking the Set:” Bush &  Cheney Knew About 9/11 Months Before It Happened Says Whistleblower Charged Under Patriot Act (Video) By Susan Lindauer Abby Martin is one of the best interviewers I have ever encountered in the corporate media. Abby has guts and smarts. Our interview on “Breaking the Set” was ground-breaking for not flinching …

Chuck Spinney: Is Syria About Natural Gas Under the Mediterranean?

The attached essay describes the natural gas bonanza in the Eastern Mediterranean is packed with facts, and it will give you a headache reading it, but it is very important and I recommend it to your attention. Chuck Spinney Bastia, Corsica   Is the US Playing With Gas in Syria? Evan Taylor, Counterpunch, 2013-06-28 4:59 …