The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
The new normal, era persistent conflict. A decade after the 9/11 attacks, Americans live in an era of endless war Gregg Jaffe Washington Post, September 5, 2011, p. 1 Video: The attacks of September 11, 2001 forced Americans to reevaluate their views on the nation’s security. A decade later, is the country stronger and better …
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Although the search yields appropriate results, this is a good opportunity to highlight the history and intent of the various mottos of this public intelligence endeavor. Ex Veritate Potens. This was the motto of the Marine Corps Intelligence Center (MCIA), co-founded by Col Walter J. Breede III and his Special Assistant and Deputy Director Robert …
David Isenberg is the author of the book Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq. His blog is The PMSC Observer. He wrote the “Dogs of War” weekly column for UPI from 2008 to 2009. During 2009 he ran the Norwegian Initiative on Small Arms Transfers project at the International Peace Research Institute, Oslo. His …
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All prior RECAPs plus Series CLOSED below the line. Updated 2 August 2013.
The power of peace….. A Gandhi Model Galvanizes India Fasting, White-Clothed Hazare Was Tapped by Anticorruption Activists Looking for an Icon to Put Spirit Back in Fight By AMOL SHARMA And KRISHNA POKHAREL Wall Street Journal, 23 August 2011 NEW DELHI—Last fall, a group of leading anticorruption activists in India had reached a dead end. …
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Two core references for DoD going forward, both from the Defense Science Board (DSB). Corporate Downsizing Applications for DoD Military Retirement Final Presentation Phi Beta Iota: Defense can drop to $300 billion a year without any major issues. All it takes is integrity across the board. Military retirement–as with CIA and FBI and Secret Service …
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There are numerous misleading and misinformed assertions being made about the defense spending parts of the debt deal. The White House’s “fact sheet” asserts a $350 billion savings in the “base defense budget.” The $350 billion in defense savings that the White House declares apparently uses a different “baseline” (basis of comparison) and pretends that a …
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