John Petersen: Adam Gopnik Is Intelligence Intelligent? Are Spies More Trouble Than They’re Worth?

Are Spies More Trouble Than They’re Worth? The history of espionage is a lesson in paradox: the better your intelligence, the dumber your conduct; the more you know, the less you anticipate. The universal law of unintended consequences rules with a special ferocity in espionage and covert action, because pervasive secrecy rules out the small, …

REVIEW: The Divide – American Injustice in the Ago of the Wealth Gap by Matt Taibbi

SUMMARY REVIEW Seven Stars Life Transformational — Sickening Detailed Account of Trillion Dollar Crimes by Bankers Ignored While Black and Latino Workers are Beaten Daily for Profit at the Bottom of the Injustice Pyramid Review by Robert David Steele I read this book on my way to and from Dimensions of Disclosure where I delivered …