Berto Jongman: US Jumps Off the Cliff: False Lessons from Foreign Wars Now Applied Against US Public — the Public is the Obstacle, the Enemy, and the Target

Domestic lessons learned from foreign wars A new book reveals that intelligence tactics devised for use abroad are employed against America’s own citizens Henry Porter The Observer, Saturday 6 July 2013 Out of the blue, and right from the heart of the American military establishment – the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterrey, California, no less …

Marcus Aurelius: Time for US to Get Serious About Setting Everyone Else “Ablaze”? — Sun Tzu Comment

Two articles follow:  one posits a seemingly global anti-US opposition, an Anti-American Network (AAN), and the other posits that political warfare is the answer to the Middle East portion of the problem.  IMHO, both are worth considering.  Further believe that, with respect to Boot & Doran’s approach, (a) coverage needs expansion to cover all the opponents Hirsch posits …

Berto Jongman: Why Is Barrett Brown in Jail? What Does It Tell Us About Corporate-Government Conspiracies to Repress Free Speech and the Media?

The Strange Case of Barrett Brown Amid the outrage over the NSA’s spying program, the jailing of journalist Barrett Brown points to a deeper and very troubling problem. Peter Ludlow The Nation, 18 June 2013 In early 2010, journalist and satirist Barrett Brown was working on a book on political pundits, when the hacktivist collective …

Michael Hastings: In Memory — His Last Article — Why Democrats Love to Spy on Americans While Betraying the Public Trust in Every Possible Sense of the Term

Why Democrats Love To Spy On Americans Besides Senators Ron Wyden and Mark Udall, most Democrats abandoned their civil liberty positions during the age of Obama. With a new leak investigation looming, the Democrat leadership are now being forced to confront all the secrets they’ve tried to hide.For most bigwig Democrats in Washington, D.C., the …

Berto Jongman: Beyond Prism — Even More — Lots Lots More — Data Capture

Secret to Prism program: Even bigger data seizure By STEPHEN BRAUN, ANNE FLAHERTY, JACK GILLUM and MATT APUZZO WASHINGTON (AP) — In the months and early years after 9/11, FBI agents began showing up at Microsoft Corp. more frequently than before, armed with court orders demanding information on customers. Around the world, government spies and …