Chuck Spinney: Demonizing Iran, Bankrupting America

Making an Enemy of Iran By Patrick Seale Agence Global, 2 August 2011 It is now widely accepted – and lamented — that US President Barack Obama failed dismally in attempting to make peace between Israel and the Palestinians. Defeated by Israel’s hard-line Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu, and by Israel’s friends in the U.S. — …

Cofer Black: Hackers Evil, Pay Me… + Hackers RECAP

Cofer Black Says Threat Posed by Hackers Same as Pre-9/11 Terrorism Public Intelligence Net, 4 August 2011 not to be confused with Phi Beta Iota the Public Intelligence Blog Ex-CIA official sounds alarm about hackers’ next targets (CNN): The former director of the CIA’s Counterterrorism Center raised concerns Wednesday about an impending “code war” in …

Koko: Politicians, Taxes, Lies, and Corruption

One hundred senators, 435 congressmen, one President, and nine Supreme Court justices… 545 human beings out of the 300 million are directly, legally, morally, and individually responsible for the domestic problems that plague this country 545 vs. 300,000,000 People -By Charlie Reese Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then …

Marcus Aurelius: Whiz Kids Gettings Out, CIA Armed Camps and Prisons Outside War Powers Act….

Whizz kids deserting the spy world as threat of attacks increases GCHQ is losing “whizz kid” specialists to Google, Microsoft, and Amazon because they can triple their pay, the head of the agency has warned. Duncan Gardham  The Telegraph, 20 July 2011 Read full story…. The CIA’s Secret Sites in Somalia The Nation, 1-8 August …