The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Are US armed forces “the best in the world”? What makes you think so? Not All That It Can Be The myth of American military superiority. WINSLOW WHEELER Foreign Policy | OCTOBER 11, 2012 EXTRACT: We also heard a lot of bombast after the first war with Iraq, Operation Desert Storm in 1991; then, the …
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Sorry for the failure to get to the core pieces. Part of the challenge is that “integrity” is a recurring theme — this web site, by definition, is replete with integrity in every posting, every link, every intent. This search overview does not include ethics, legitimacy, or truth, three other core terms and concepts that …
Short URL: http://tinyurl.com/Steele-IG Executive Reading (Printable 10-Pages): 2013 Steele Reflections on Inspectors-General 1.7 Updated 6 October 2012 Version 1.7 When I was selected for an interview to be the Defense Intelligence Senior Leader (DISL) for Human Intelligence (HUMINT) at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), it was General Ron Burgess, USA and Ms. Tish Long that …
QE For the People: What Else Could We Buy With $29 Trillion? (September 24, 2012) Central banks could be helping communities instead of enriching predatory, parasitic “too big to fail” banks and financial feudalism. In a system that depends on lies and the credulity of the citizenry, the greatest lie is that the Federal …
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Comptroller General 2.0 out of 5 stars Mind-Numbing Waste of Time and Money,September 2, 2012 I am *stunned* that any Comptroller General would sign off on this. In my 33 year government career this is the densest most meaningless compilation of words (no pictures, no figures, no timelines, no lists) of gobbly-goop I have ever …
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Negative Views of Civilian and Private Security Contractors Concerns over their cost effectiveness and strategic value make the deployment of PMSCs a risky proposition. More worryingly, argues David Isenberg, is that they may permit governments to circumnavigate democratic debates over the necessity of sending armed forces into battle. By David Isenberg for the ISN …
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHTS: All Opens Below Line – Includes Autonomous Internet, Crowd-Funding/Sensing/Sourcing, DIY, and Transparency, Truth, Trust, & True Cost Core Short Links at End of Post
