The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Chuck Hagel and the American Empire Hagel’s legislative record belies his potential role as bit player on the stage of the American empire, unlikely to wield the kind of influence suggested by the controversy over his nomination. Wednesday, 30 January 2013 00:00 By Mike Lofgren, Truthout | Op-Ed Ideological elements of both the Left and …
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Huh? Obama “Gun Address” Misses Real Terrorism Threat by Gordon Duff, Senior Editor Despite attempts to blame a seemingly endless group of lunatic mass murderers for the equally endless number of devastating mass killings now plaguing the United States, our government, our “protectors” and, most damnably, our president, are failing to react to real terror attacks …
Following up on the excellent post, Mongoose: Moti Nissani on Who Killed Aaron Swartz? it is now clear MIT refuses to cut any kind of deal, and the prosecutor went nuclear on what should have been a matchbook case. Now it emerges that the prosecutor going after Swartz went after another young man involved with …
Aaron Swartz’s Guerilla Open Access Manifesto Written by Aaron Swartz, July 2008, Eremo, Italy “Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves. The world’s entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries in books and journals, is increasingly being digitized and locked up by a handful …
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Huh? The Prosecution of Aaron Swartz: Sharing Knowledge Is a Greater Crime Than Bringing Down the Economy Ali Hayat Huffington Post, 13 January 2013 Aaron Swartz is no longer among us though the contributions he made to promote free flow of information and knowledge sharing will continue to benefit our present and future generations. He …
EDIT of 21 January 2013: I have gotten both sharp criticism from folks I revere, and complements. I am more than willing to delete this, but I am more interested in having people think outside the lines. I’ve made some revisions, adding issues and readings in each section. Email me as you please, robert.david.steele.vivas [at] …
US government warns over vulnerable control systems The US government has told thousands of companies to beef up protection of computers which oversee power plants and other utilities. The action comes after a survey revealed that thousands of these systems can be found online. The survey was carried out via a publicly available search engine …
