The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Sysadmins of the world, unite! a call to resistance Finally, the world is aware of the threat of mass surveillance and control, but we still have a fight on our hands, and that fight is both technical and political. Global democracy is not going to protect itself. There has never been a higher demand for …
Huh? Guardian: Intelligence chair: NSA leaker Edward Snowden may have had Russian help Last year, in an interview with the New York Times, Snowden said he did not take any of the documents he obtained to Russia, “because it wouldn’t serve the public interest”. Snowden said there was “zero-percent chance” that Russia had received any …
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Jerome C. Glenn co-founded and directs the Millennium Project, a leading global participatory think tank supported by international organizations, governments, corporations, and NGOs, which produces the internationally recognized State of the Future annual reports for the past 14 years. State of the Future Executive Summary A review of the trends of the 28 variables used …
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Opening up open data: An interview with Tim O’Reilly | McKinsey & Company The tech entrepreneur, author, and investor looks at how open data is becoming a critical tool for business and government, as well as what needs to be done for it to be more effective. A McKinsey & Company article.January 2014 Interview transcript
SHORT URL: http://tinyurl.com/2014-Intel-Reform Under Construction – Send Nominations to robert.david.steele.vivas@gmail.com Updated 23 Jan 2014 14:58 E Phi Beta Iota: The current literature on intelligence reform is underdeveloped and under-specified. An example of this under- or mis-specification can be seen in the treatment of 9/11. The dominant position that 9/11 was an intelligence failure is correct …
BOOK: The Turning Point: Creating Resilience in a Time of Extremes Also: Radio Interview with Author BUDGET: Congress Wants More Insight into Cyber, SOF Budgets CYBER: Cyberwar Increasingly Defined By Espionage and Regional Conflicts, Argues FireEye CYBER: DDoS New Technique, Warns US-CERT CYBER: Google Spyware SMS Tracker CYBER: How Jihadists Use the Internet
I Spent Two Hours Talking With the NSA’s Bigwigs. Here’s What Has Them Mad By Steven Levy WIRED, 01.13.14 EXTRACT: I talk about that session in my story, but let me note a few general takeaways: The dual mission of the NSA generates cognitive dissonance. Right on its home page, the NSA says its core …
