Neal Rauhauser: Transcript of Meeting Between Julian Assange and Eric Schmidt with Department of State Staff

All sort of stuff popping up today.  Worth a complete and careful reading. Transcript of secret meeting between Julian Assange and Google CEO Eric Schmidt Friday April 19, 2013 On the 23 of June, 2011 a secret five hour meeting took place between WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange, who was under house arrest in rural UK …

Review: Endgame: The Blueprint for Victory in the War on Terror

Paul Vallely and Thomas McInerney 1.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Guide to Morons in Power, June 19, 2013 This is the single best book for understanding what morons in power think when they pretend to think but are actually pursuing ideological and financial objectives far removed from the public interest. The authors, who demonstrate …

Marcus Aurelius: Reuel Marc-Gerecht on NSA High Cost – Low Return — Robert Steele Comments

The Costs And Benefits Of The NSA The data-collection debate we need to have is not about civil liberties. By Reuel Marc Gerecht Weekly Standard, June 24, 2013 Should Americans fear the possible abuse of the intercept power of the National Security Agency at Fort Meade, Maryland? Absolutely. In the midst of the unfolding scandal …

Stuart Herrington: Snowden Unlikely to Wow Chinese — PBI Comment: A Self-Dangle? Or a Chinese IO Coup Recruited in Hawaii to Castrate Obama for Xi Meeting?

Why I don’t think Snowden is, or will become, a Chinese intelligence asset By Stuart Herrington Foreign Policy, 11 June 2013 Unless he was an asset of the Chinese or some other foreign intelligence service prior to “coming out” as he did, I don’t think it’s likely any foreign intel service is going to latch …

4th Media: Google Moto X Phone a Total Sensor Spy

Google’s New “Moto X” Superphone Will SPY on YOU 24/7, and YOU Will LIKE IT By Christopher Mims Quartz, 30 May 2013 Dennis Woodside, CEO of Motorola, Google’s wholly owned phone-making subsidiary, walked onto a stage yesterday with the company’s rumored new superphone, and while he refused to take it out of his pocket, he confirmed that it’s …

Berto Jongman: Scientists Decide to Create Replacement Human, Ignore High-Level Threats to Humanity

Blind science?  Or unethical science? 2045: A New Era for Humanity Institute for Ethics & Emerging Technologies, 4 June 2013 In February of 2012 the first Global Future 2045 Congress was held in Moscow. There, over 50 world leading scientists from multiple disciplines met to develop a strategy for the future development of humankind. One …