The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Essays, Fundamentals, a Corner Stone October 6, 2009 Kevin Alexander Gray I was truly delighted to have this book arrive today, along with Betrayal: How Black Intellectuals Have Abandoned the Ideals of the Civil Rights Era, which I will write up tomorrow morning. Although the essays date back to 1994 this book (and the one …
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Hot Topics AA: Brazil and Venezuela must consider the construction of nuclear … 10/02/09 AA: Latin American Realpolitik: Colombia Cuts Electricity to Venezuela … 10/01/09 AA: South America: Will defense spending trigger an arms race? 10/02/09 BO: Evo: ALBA to Tackle Key Regional Issue 10/02/09 BO: News of the Weird: Bolivia home to world’s only …
Earth is at a tipping point. Changes to the planet that used to take 10,000 years now take three. This means that both real-time science and real-time policy and decision-making will be the non-negotiable essence of success in the 21st Century. Near-Earth Objects (NEO) are a more immediate threat than climate change; energy from geothermal, …
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Much More Than a Novel, This Is the Real Deal October 2, 2009 Phillip Oliver Otts As a recovering spy who has published and agitated for intelligence reform over the years, I generally have little patience for spy novels less the George Smiley series by John Le Carre. Been there, done that. This book is …
Phi Beta Iota: We started thinking about religious counterintelligence in 2003, after reading Robert Maxwell, Israel’s Superspy: The Life and Murder of a Media Mogul, at which point we concluded that we not only needed an FBI division for commercial counter-espionage, but a religious division as well, one able to track not just Islamic support …
Chuck Spinney says: Even though OODA loops shaping nutty mass behaviour are becoming ever more disconnected from reality, Frank Rich shows this fact does not imply that the phenomenon of populist rage is not based on some real frustrations, grievances, anxieties, and fears. CS The New York Times OP-ED COLUMNIST Even Glenn Beck Is Right …
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Potential Straw to Break the Camel’s Back September 19, 2009 Chris Hedges I disagree with those who dismiss this book, however erudite their claims. The author first impressed me with American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America. Reading this book on the heels of Grand Illusion: The Myth of Voter Choice in …
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