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2015/02/04

Mongoose: Peter Mattis on 4 Flawed US Intelligence Assumptions

Provocative. 4 U.S. Intelligence Assumptions That Need to Go Peter Mattis, The National Interest The flaws in this intelligence-reform mentality are four-fold—and each plays a role in how proposals like Brennan’s reported reforms are generated and discussed, as well as past reforms such as creating the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. First, many …

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2014/12/282014/12/28

Sepp Hasslberger: Consumers Seeking Health Impacting on Monsanto and Coca Cola

It would not be bad if consumer demand forced some of these companies to get into selling actual, healthy food and drink… Coca-Cola Facing Major Financial Challenges As Sales Steadily Decline In recent years, consumers have been slowly cutting back on things like soda, junk food, and GMOs, in favor of a more healthy diet. …

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2014/12/242014/12/24

Review: Partnership for the Americas – Western Hemisphere Strategy and U.S. Southern Command

James Stavridis 5.0 out of 5 stars Our Best Thinking to Date — We Can Go Much Further, December 24, 2014 This is the pre-cursor book to The Accidental Admiral: A Sailor Takes Command at NATO which I have reviewed most favorably and strongly recommend. This book — while free online as are all NDU …

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2014/12/192014/12/19

ANSWERS 2014 Robert Steele with Pierre Cloutier on Smart Nations and the Future of Quebec

Robert, you are the originator of the concept of a Smart Nation, with your article in 1996 published in the Government Information Quarterly, entitled “Creating a Smart Nation: Strategy, Policy, Intelligence, and Information.” Quebec is a nation, recognized by Canada, with a distinct culture, a distinct geography, and perhaps a distinct future.

2014/12/172015/11/04

2014 Robert Steele Answers to Richard Olivier on 21st Leadership with Annotated Bibliography & Links

2014 ANSWERS Robert Steele to Richard Olivier of Findhorn on Leadership for the 21st Century • What do 21st century leaders need to know and who do they need to be? • How can we develop these capacities? • What, on a systemic level, is blocking the needed leadership evolution? • What is missing from …

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2014/12/132016/03/26

Reflections: Open Letter to the President — We Lack Intelligence with Integrity — Please Fire Clapper, Vickers, & Brennan

We Lack Intelligence with Integrity Mr. President: Please Fire Clapper, Vickers, & Brennan Mr. President, I hold Jim Clapper, today the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and previously the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence (USDI) accountable for failing to serve the public interest all these years. I believe you should fire him, Mike Vickers the …

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2014/12/042016/03/26

Reflections: UNASUR – The Revolution Begins

Robert Steele: UNASUR – The Revolution Begins The headquarters of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) is now complete and being inaugurated in Quito, Ecuador on 5 and 6 December 2014. I was just in Ecuador, delivering a briefing on the importance of civil-military relations in professionalizing intelligence. That briefing is available free online …

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