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2011/02/172011/02/17

CURVEBALL: The Interview + Integrity RECAP

Curveball: How US was duped by Iraqi fantasist looking to topple Saddam Rafid Ahmed Alwan al-Janabi let imagination run wild and became main source for Colin Powell’s case for war in 2003 Defector admits to WMD lies that triggered Iraq war Admissions vindicate CIA’s former Europe chief Read full article… Phi Beta Iota: The story …

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2011/02/162011/04/11

Decentralizing the Internet So Big Brother Can’t …

Decentralizing the Internet So Big Brother Can’t Find You Jim Dwyer The New York Times, February 15, 2011 On Tuesday afternoon, as Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton spoke in Washington about the Internet and human liberty, a Columbia law professor in Manhattan, Eben Moglen, was putting together a shopping list to rebuild the Internet …

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2011/02/132011/10/22

EGYPT: Can Democracy by Randomly Revolutionized?

Will Egypt Revolutionize Democracy Itself? by Tom Atlee Thomas Friedman suggests that the special strength of Egypt’s youth-led revolutionary movement has been “the fact that it represented every political strain, every segment and class in Egyptian society.” But then he turns around and says that diversity “is also its weakness. It still has no accepted …

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2011/02/102011/10/22

Worth a Look: Panarchy

Highly Recommended: Reference: 21st Century Governance as a Complex Adaptive System Reference: Panarchy–Governance in the Network Age Reference: Panarchy is What We Make of It–Why a World State is Not Inevitable Reference: How Not to Study the World-Wide Web (WWW) Reference: The Autocatalysis of Social Systems and the Emergence of Trust See Also:

2011/02/092011/02/15

USA National Military Strategy 2011 + RECAP

Tip of the Hat to Contributing Editor Marcus Aurelius. Comments below the line

2011/02/072011/02/07

ON INTELLIGENCE: Open Letter to the President

THIS PAGE SHORT URL: http://www.tinyurl.com/Intel21 As Delivered: Corrected Letter 1.4 Corrected Letter of Transmittal 1.5 Letter of Transmittal (Courier & Email) Open Letter to the President Attachments:

2011/02/012011/02/01

BLOWBACK, Legitimate Grievances, & Integrity Lost

Phi Beta Iota: The announcement of the Egyptian Army that it recognizes the “legitimate grievances” of the public and that it will not use force is in fact a recognition of both the substance of the public grievances, and the fact that force would backfire–there are not enough guns on the planet to repress the …

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