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Berto Jongman: Colonial Borders Not the Problem – Ethnic Inter-Mingling More Complex, More Nuanced
Cultural Intelligence, Peace Intelligence
First one has high value maps and links.
Not the Map You’re Looking For: Nations and Borders Are Always Messy
Stop Blaming Colonial Borders for the Middle East's Problems
Below the line: Video of Daily Show take on arbitrary national borders.
Mini-Me: Stephen Slick on NCTC Lessons for CTIIC
Government, Ineptitude, IO Impotency
Steven Slick is former NSC Senior Director for Intelligence Programs and Reform at the White House (2005-2009).
The Intelligence Studies Essay #1: Steve Slick on Lessons that NCTC Holds for CTIIC
CTIIC: Learning from the Choices and Challenges that Shaped the National Counterterrorism Center
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Jefferey Jaxen: Medical Informed Consent Gone
07 Health, Commerce, Ethics, Government
Western Medicine In Trouble: The Death of Informed Consent
A monumental ethical issue is hovering over the entire medical establishment in the United States that threatens its integrity and trust. The human element is being removed from the equation, replaced by computers to give us our options, and legislation to remove our choice. Somewhere in the shuffle, the individual’s informed consent was broken down, lost in the paperwork, and made irrelevant.
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Reference: 2014 Declassified CIA Documents
Government, Secrecy & Politics of SecrecyStudies in Intelligence: A Digest of Declassified CIA Documents
For the benefit of researchers, Lawfare has reviewed and digested documents released in September of 2014 by the Central Intelligence Agency. The bulk of the materials hail from the CIA’s in-house intelligence journal, Studies in Intelligence.
We have grouped the documents in rough thematic fashion and, within each theme, by publication date where possible. (Many of the declassified items do not reflect a date or have dates and other information redacted.) Our five broad subject areas are: Intelligence Agency Leadership and Governance; Operations and Counterintelligence; Law and Oversight; Analysis; and Science and Technology. For ease of reference, each entry within each subject is accompanied by a brief summary of the document’s contents.
Russia Today: 33% of US 16 & Up Not Working
03 Economy, 11 Society, Civil Society, Commerce, Commercial Intelligence, Corruption, Government
33% of Americans out of workforce, highest rate since 1978
The number of Americans aged 16 and older not participating in the labor force hit 92,898,000 in February, tying December’s record, according to data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
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Review (Guest): American Coup – How a Terrified Government Is Destroying the Constitution
4 Star, America (Founders, Current Situation), Asymmetric, Cyber, Hacking, Odd War, Atrocities & Genocide, Censorship & Denial of Access, Congress (Failure, Reform), Corruption, Crime (Corporate), Crime (Government), Culture, Research, Democracy, Economics, Empire, Sorrows, Hubris, Blowback, Executive (Partisan Failure, Reform), Impeachment & Treason, Intelligence (Government/Secret), Justice (Failure, Reform), Military & Pentagon Power, Misinformation & Propaganda, Politics, Power (Pathologies & Utilization), Public Administration, Secrecy & Politics of Secrecy, True Cost & Toxicity, Voices Lost (Indigenous, Gender, Poor, Marginalized)
William M. Arkin
4 out of 5 Stars. We Live in “Forever-War”
By Amazon Customer on September 22, 2013
Essentially: We now live in a time of “forever-war.”
The worry about the government instituting martial-law is sooo 1990's because we now truly live a martial life. And we've accepted it. There is no “over there” anymore when it comes to the militarization of our lives. Over there is here. We live to assist the government in everything. See something, say something. And the bottom-line of everything that the government does in the name of national security is not to serve, protect, or assist you but to preserve itself. It's all part of the Continuity of Government (COG) and it's been in place for many years but it spectacularly grew into the multi-headed hydra immediately after 911.
