The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Usually ignored by the press as insufficiently interesting to technology dazzled editors and reviled by the civilian and military leadership of the Air Force as not what they think they should spend money and careers on, the A-10 “Warthog” has broken through into Washington DC’s consciousness. Interestingly, the attention was provoked by a heavy handed …
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Opening Keynote Address at CrisisMappers 2013 Welcome to Kenya, or as we say here, Karibu! This is a special ICCM for me. I grew up in Nairobi; in fact our school bus would pass right by the UN every day. So karibu, welcome to this beautiful country (and continent) that has taught me so much about …
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US NAVY: Hackers ‘Jumping The Air Gap’ Would ‘Disrupt The World Balance Of Power’ Geoffrey Ingersoll Business Insider, Nov. 19, 2013, 2:54 PM The next generation hackers may be taking to sound waves, and the Navy is understandably spooked. Speaking at last week’s Defense One conference, retired Capt. Mark Hagerott cited recent reports about sonic …
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Chris Hedges When Cultures of Violence get mixed with the Myths of War, November 19, 2013 By Herbert L Calhoun “paulocal” This review is from: War Is a Force that Gives Us Meaning (Paperback) War is a Force that Gives us Meaning When cultures of violence get mixed up with myths of war Chris Hedges …
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Chris Hedges When Cultures of Violence get mixed with the Myths of War, November 19, 2013 Herberg L. Calhoun When cultures of violence get mixed up with myths of war Chris Hedges is a scholar of immense talents, who has “been there, done that;” (and bought the Tee shirt). He is as familiar with the …
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#Westgate Tweets: A Detailed Study in Information Forensics My team and I at QCRI have just completed a detailed analysis of the 13,200+ tweets posted from one hour before the attacks began until two hours into the attack. The purpose of this study, which will be launched at CrisisMappers 2013 in Nairobi tomorrow, is to make …
By next quarter, more data than voice will be traversing U.S. mobile networks Every day, we carry around small computers that, oh by the way, also can be used for phone calls. U.S. government joins push for more data scientists Three universities, two foundations and White House Office of Science and Technology Policy announce multi-million-dollar …
