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2014/01/132014/01/13

Tom Atlee: TPP & Fast Track Toxic to Democracy — Call for Action

Act now re TPP and Fast Track (toxic to democracy) This month the US Congress could pass legislation that would make sure that complex trade agreements favored by multinational corporations – like the TransPacific Partnership (TPP) – would be pushed through Congress with little debate and little information provided to the public. This so-called “fast-track” …

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2014/01/122014/01/12

Review: Inequality, Grievances, and Civil War

Lars-Erik Cederman, Kristian Skrede Gleditsch, Halvard Buhaug 5.0 out of 5 stars FINALLY – a modern version of the causes of revolution literature from the 1970’s, January 12, 2014 I am absolutely delighted to see this book published, and to also see it win awards. In the 1970’s there was a strong political science literature …

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2014/01/11

Marcus Aurelius: CIA Retirement Departure Study

Following from a former Agency officer who blogs on the Internet. For your convenience, in addition to the article, I include in PDF format the IG report on which the press report is based. – – – – – – [EXTRACT[ 5.) Management: Clearly management has been a problem and will continue to be one …

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2014/01/102014/01/14

Event: 16 JAN 14, 1830-2030, National Press Club DC, Jim Bamford on NSA

Speech on the NSA at the National Press Club by James Bamford The Committee for the Republic Thursday, January 16, 2014 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (EST) National Press Club, DC Event Brite Free Registration See Also: Steven Levy: 2 Hours with NSA Chiefs — They Are a) Suffering Cognitive Dissonance and b) Seriously …

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2014/01/092014/01/09

Berto Jongman: Bits, Bytes, & Stuff 1.7

2014: The Year of Encryption “The solution to government surveillance is to encrypt everything.” Eric Schmidt, Patron of NSA Back Door Into Google Phi Beta Iota: Apart from the obvious, that only open source encryption can be scrutinized by millions of minds, this also kills Microsoft, whose software is always 1.3 times what the hardware …

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2014/01/092014/01/10

Robin Good: Beyond Google Evil Lie Individual Human Curators

The future of search may not just be about Google and Bing. In the future of search, believe it or not, there are going to be a lot of people like you and me who will be providing much more helpful information guidance to specific requests than Google could ever do. I know this sounds …

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2014/01/08

Berto Jongman: Bits, Bytes, & Stuff

BOOK: Gender, National Security, and Counter-Terrorism BOOK: Indian Mujahideen: Computational Analysis and Public Policy CYBER: Best Practices Not To Be Found at NSA CYBER: Carmakers Track Driver’s Locations