The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
CIA rushed to save diplomats as Libya attack was underway Greg Miller Washington Post, 1 November 2012 The CIA rushed security operatives to an American diplomatic compound in Libya within 25 minutes after it had come under attack and played a more central role in the effort to fend off a night-long siege than has …
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Borders and the Internet A workshop on social media, surveillance, and knowledge production Despite the promises and growth of digital social networks and the Web, social tensions and boundaries pervade our everyday “virtual” communications, shaped by a number of cultural, national and structural borders. Come help us explore the current (r)evolutions of the global Internet. …
What Was Novel About Social Media Use During Hurricane Sandy? Posted on October 31, 2012 We saw the usual spikes in Twitter activity and the typical (reactive) launch of crowdsourced crisis maps. We also saw map mashups combining user-generated content with scientific weather data. Facebook was once again used to inform our social networks: “We are …
Spies And Co. By Eamon Javers New York Times, October 25, 2012 Washington — SUDDENLY, Washington is extremely concerned about Chinese espionage. Last month, the White House blocked a Chinese company from operating a wind farm near a sensitive Navy base in Oregon. Next, the House Intelligence Committee said two Chinese telecommunications firms were manufacturing …
Icelanders approve their crowd-sourced constitution Iceland’s citizens were given a chance to help forge a new constitution for their country through Facebook and Twitter, so it’s not surprising that they backed the resulting draft. Now it’s over to the politicians. Read full article. Phi Beta Iota: Iceland was agile and ethical. No other country in …
“NEGATIVE RECIPROCITY” EMERGES IN THE SECURITY CLEARANCE SYSTEM In the world of security clearances for access to classified information, the term “reciprocity” is used to indicate that one executive branch agency should ordinarily recognize and accept a security clearance that has been granted by another executive branch agency. This is not just a nice, cost-efficient …
CIA chiefs face arrest over horrific evidence of bloody ‘video-game’ sorties by drone pilots The Mail on Sunday today reveals shocking new evidence of the full horrific impact of US drone attacks in Pakistan. A damning dossier assembled from exhaustive research into the strikes’ targets sets out in heartbreaking detail the deaths of teachers, students …
