The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
What’s The Next U.S. Terror Threat?Top officials see varied challenges in coming decade Phi Beta Iota Problem 1: These folks mean well but they are totally disconnected from reality. Phi Beta Iota Problem 2: They have no idea that the decisions made by government on the basis of their severely flawed and limited perspective costs …
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TERRORIST DROP-OUTS Learning From Those Who Have Left (Washington Institute) The Saudi Re-Radicalization Experiment (Council on Foreign Relations) Syria’s Financial Support for Terrorism (Middle East Forum) Cracks in the Jihad (Wilson Quarterly)
NEW YORK (AP) — Egypt, Russia, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates are the first countries to win preliminary approval for Internet addresses written entirely in their native scripts. Since their creation in the 1980s, Internet domain names have been limited to the 26 characters in the Latin alphabet used in English, as well …
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Strongly Recommended by BGen McMaster in Talk at ODNI January 20, 2010 Paul Rexton Kan This is one of two books strongly recommended, with deep admiration, by BGen McMaster, USA (Ret) speaking to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) on 19 January. The four page trip report on his remarks about improving …
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Strongly Recommended by BGen McMaster in Talk at ODNI January 20, 2010 Abdulkader H. Sinno This is one of two books strongly recommended, with deep admiration, by BGen McMaster, USA (Ret) speaking to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) on 19 January. The four page trip report on his remarks about improving …
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NOTE: This offering ends 9 Feb 10 unless we can find a volunteer to do once a week. Hot Topics AA: How the OSCE Can Contribute to Energy Security 01/12/10 AA: Islamists Press Jordan to Stop Aiding US Forces in Afghanistan 01/13/10 EG: Liaison Office to Cairo (LOC) Change of Command 01/14/10 EG: Over 100 …
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The real motives behind the increasing US involvement in Yemen are obscure, to put it charitably. M.K. Bhadrakuma, retired Indian diplomat, presents a complex and fascinating — and no doubt controversial — hypothesis in this regard. Bhadrakuma, a prolific writer, is an astute observer of the Central and South Asia, and judged by his writings, …
