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2012/03/312012/03/31

Mini-Me: Leon Panetta on Dysfunctional Government + Meta-RECAP

Huh? Panetta: Political dysfunction threatens security By Walter Pincus The Washington Post, 30 March 2012 (J. Scott Applewhite — Associated Press) “Dysfunction in Washington … threatens our security and raises questions about the capacity of our democracy to respond to crisis.” That warning came from Defense Secretary Leon E. Panetta Thursday night at a dinner …

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2012/03/21

Reference: Stratfor Emails

Global Intelligence Files: Stratfor Emails On Monday February 27th, 2012, WikiLeaks began publishing The Global Intelligence Files, over five million e-mails from the Texas headquartered “global intelligence” company Stratfor. The e-mails date between July 2004 and late December 2011. They reveal the inner workings of a company that fronts as an intelligence publisher, but provides …

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2012/03/03

Chuck Spinney: The Arrogance of Ignorance Plus Meta-RECAP

We are fighting Islamism from ignorance, as we did the cold war The west wasted trillions in needless conflict with the USSR. Now we are being brainwashed into confrontation with Iran Simon Jenkins, guardian.co.uk, Thursday 1 March 2012 20.00 GMT Were we wrong? I have lived through two global conflicts: the west against Russian communism …

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2012/02/162012/02/16

Chuck Spinney: The Shadow World of the Global Arms Trade

In my opinion, one of the most important books written in recent years on the subject of the global arms trade and its corrupting effects is Andrew Feinstein’s, The Shadow World, Inside the Global Arms Trade. This voluminous book is mind numbing in its detail, but it is thoroughly sourced and, I believe, it will become a standard reference over time. …

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2012/02/142012/02/14

DefDog: Cyberwar is the New Yellow Cake

The same has been said about the War on Drugs, the War on Terrorism, et al…..and nothing seems to back up the dire rhetoric, but the spending of tax dollars rolls on just the same. Wired Opinion: Cyberwar Is the New Yellowcake By Jerry Brito and Tate Watkins WIRED, 14 February 2012 In last month’s …

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2012/02/112012/02/11

Marcus Aurelius: Pentagon PSYOP on Spending Cuts + Meta-RECAP

Pentagon’s Budget Plan Said To Draw 40% Of Cuts From Weapons By Tony Capaccio, Bloomberg News Bloomberg.com, February 11, 2012 The U.S. Defense Department’s fiscal 2013 spending plan draws more than 40 percent of proposed reductions from weapons accounts that contribute less than a fifth of the budget, based on Pentagon projections. The military budget …

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2012/02/062012/02/06

Winslow Wheeler: ONE COLONEL TELLS THE TRUTH – Major Investigation Called For + Meta-RECAP

Circulating today in the New York Times and Armed Forces Journal is a remarkable exposure of what is occurring today in Afghanistan–a situation not accurately reported to the American public, and of course Congress. Col. Danny Davis (USA) is the officer making this exposure possible. It will not surprise some, but it will also come as …

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