The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
I have begun drafting my portion of the new Handbook of Intelligence Studies (Routledge, 2013), it is a chapter early on entitled “The Craft of Intelligence.” I pick up where Allen Dulles and Sherman Kent left off. My graphic on Intelligence Maturity captures the essence of my thinking at the strategic level, but of course …
The New Rules: Slouching Toward Great-Power War Thomas P.M. Barnett World Politics Review, 06 Feb 2012 EXTRACTS: However, a case can be made that in recent years, the greatest threat to this enduring component of global stability arises from within the United States itself — namely, a national security establishment intent on pressing the boundaries …
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(1) See particularly page 5; (2) Mr. Baer, perhaps a somewhat controversial CIA retiree, may have more credibility than Matthews’ husband gives him credit for with respect to knowing what women can and cannot do operationally. According to the book “The Company We Keep,” which Baer co-authored with his wife, his wife Dayna was a CIA security …
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Warning: This Site Contains Conspiracy Theories Does Google have a responsibility to help stop the spread of 9/11 denialism, anti-vaccine activism, and other fringe beliefs? By Evgeny Morozov|Posted Monday, Jan. 23, 2012, at 7:43 AM ET In its early days, the Web was often imagined as a global clearinghouse—a new type of library, with the …
Guess CIA did not get the memo. Michael Ross: Rule No. 1 for would-be spies — stay away from the embassy Michael Ross is a former deep-cover officer with the Israel Secret Intelligence Service (Mossad). National Post, 24 January 2012 I have to admit that the arrest of alleged spy Sub-Lt. Jeffrey Paul Delisle has …
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Event: 30-31 March 2012 NYC Participatory Budgeting 21st Century Network Governance – Beyond Participatory Budgeting Participatory budgeting is a very important step in the right direction, but in the larger context of both obstacles presented by corrupt governance and what is possible enabled by the Internet, it can be taken–quickly–to a higher level. Participatory budgeting …
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The Corruption of America Porter Stansberry, December 21st, 2011 Stansberry Research The numbers tell us America is in decline… if not outright collapse. . . . . . . . I know this is a politically charged and emotional issue. My conclusions will not be easy for most readers to accept. Likewise, many of the …
