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Mongoose: VICE on CIA’s 9/11 Failure Before & After

Government, Ineptitude
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Ineffective supervisors, lack of language and other expertise, 10 seconds per cable, at war with NSA and FBI — the comatose CIA?

‘Blind Spots and Inefficiencies': The CIA Before and After 9/11

“I think that America confuses resources with capabilities, and we say that more is better, though that's not true — better is better,” Carle said. “But better requires a conceptual shift, and right now, we're plugging holes while the foundation is collapsing.”

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Berto Jongman: WWIII Over Syria?

02 China, 04 Inter-State Conflict, 06 Russia, 07 Other Atrocities, 08 Wild Cards, 10 Transnational Crime, IO Deeds of War
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berto smallAlarmist, perhaps, but a useful warning.

Intel Source Warns ‘War Imminent,' US To Blame Russia For ‘First Shot,' And ‘Syria Will Be The Game Changer'

Takes a lot of double-talk, a refusal to report on the history, and the twisting of said history to push the propaganda into Americans minds, so that Russia is being blamed for destabilizing Syria.

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Glen Brynteson: Intelligence Programs ROI

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Intelligence Programs: ROI Calculations

ROI #1) Increased Win-Rate
ROI #2) Upselling to Existing Customers
ROI #3) Saving In-Jeopardy Existing Customers

Phi Beta Iota: An excellent common sense article.  It misses one major area: identifying completely new needs from existing and new customers that no one else is addressing, being first to market with those offerings.

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Berto Jongman: Russian Oil Rules — Saudis Begging for Deal, China Market Central

02 China, 05 Energy, 06 Russia, 08 Wild Cards
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berto smallConfirmed: Saudi Arabia Offered Russia Oil Alliance and OPEC Membership

Saudis proposed Saudi Arabia and Russia divide the oil market between them. For now Russians stayed cool

Igor Sechin, the powerful head of Rosneft, Russia’s big state oil company, has now confirmed that OPEC – the Saudi dominated oil producers’ cartel – has offered Russia membership.   . . .    For the moment the Russians are saying no. Possibly the real reason is that the Russians are at present expanding aggressively into the Chinese energy market from which they have just ousted the Saudis as the biggest oil supplier.