The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
HUGE Book, Deep Look From One Perspective January 14, 2010 Jeremy Rifkin This is a society-changing piece of work. This is a magnum opus from a very specific point of view that overlooks both major consciousness figures and major biosphere figures. Herman Daly gets one note, Tom Atlee, Barbara Marx Hubbard, Steve McIntosh are not …
Phi Beta Iota: The report observes that we lack both indicators and the ability to share information about indicators across boundaries. More disturbing to us from a public intelligence perspective is the report’s unwillingess to address the cognitive dissonance that led to the break-down of an educated multi-cultural field grade officer in the U.S. Army.
Phi Beta Iota: This is the section that got our attention: The information revolution, he said, has not raised the level of public intelligence. It is no secret, he continued, “that the public knows less about public affairs than it used to know. Millions of Americans cannot begin to tell you what is in the …
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U.S. Mobilizes to Send Assistance to Haiti Phi Beta Iota: US military has been slow but more attentive than in the past. They still lack Peace Jumpers, rapid-response peace flights, and multinational intelligence and logistics coordination “in a box.” Afterthought: PSYOP facilities, personnel, budget, and air leaflet capabilities could all be beneficially transfered to the …
Phi Beta Iota: this specific book is rocketing around Reuniting America, Transpartisan (Left) and Post-Partisan (Right) circles, the 50 million or so Americans–possibly more now–that consider themselves Cultural Creatives. This book will be reviewed here in a week or two. Below are related books with links to their review page and from there to their …
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The QDR slides got me thinking about the fact that DIA could be a really first rate intelligence agency and an effective counter to ODNI and CIA for the SecDef, JCS, and the military services, especially field commanders. Although badly executed, DIA has two vitally important missions: support to military operations; and support to military …
CNN Editor’s note: Charles S. Faddis is a retired CIA operations officer and the former head of the CIA’s unit focused on fighting terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction. The author of a recently published book about the CIA, “Beyond Repair,” Faddis is also president of Orion Strategic Services, a Maryland-based consulting firm. Phi Beta …
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