The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
UPDATE: A former member of Patraeus staff comments below the line. Somewhat paraphrasing a senior Israeli leader of the late 1940s, speaking in reference to COL(USA-Ret) David Michael (Mickey) Marcus who had just given his life for Israeli independence, Dave Petraeus is, IMHO, the best man we have. But, again IMHO, this is probably not …
Special attention to new basing structure. MA US worries about Yemen, Somalia terrorist links By KIMBERLY DOZIER, Associated Press – 5 days ago WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States is expanding its shadowy battle against militants in Yemen, including a planned new CIA base nearby in the Persian Gulf, in an attempt to stop a …
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Death of the Duopoly Being binary is bad for business, so when will politics cure its bipolar disorder? Nick Gillespie and Matt Welch on the lessons Washington should learn from the real world. By NICK GILLESPIE and MATT WELCH Wall Street Journal, Saturday, June 18, 2011 Nothing in American life today seems as archaic, ubiquitous …
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This is a follow up to that 13 February Spinney piece on predicting the future, DARPA as Poster Child for Out of Control Budget. It belongs to the category of “we don’t make this stuff up.” Speaking of this category, I think this latest incident in Pakistan (CIA contractor shoots two Pakistanis in broad daylight, …
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The USAF claim that the tragic killing of 23 innocent Afghan civilians last February by one of its Predator UAVs was due to “information overload” reflects an appalling lack of critical thinking on the part of senior Air Force officers. General Mike Hayden (USAF ret.) when director of the NSA used regularly entertain the U.S. …
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BELOW REFERS TO PREVIOUS POST: Reference: Gorgon Stare–USAF Goes Nuts (Again) Another Technical Showboat Chuck Spinney and Robert Steele have pretty well identified the new U.S. Air Force (USAF) drone program for what it is, but here are some ancillary remarks on the subject. The Gorgon Stare, a new UAV built presumably to USAF specifications …
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Douglas Macgregor 5.0 out of 5 stars Real Transformation, November 26, 2010 By Retired Reader (New Mexico) – See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) In 1997, Colonel Douglas Macgregor provided a well thought out blueprint for affecting a Revolution in Military Affairs (RMA) within the U.S. Army, and to a lesser extent the entire …
