Mongoose: Moti Nissani on Who Killed Aaron Swartz?

For contextual orientation. Who Killed Aaron Swartz? Moti Nissani Veterans Today, 13 January 2014 ”How long shall they kill our prophets while we stand aside and look?”—Bob Marley On January 11, 2013, according to indoctrination organs of the criminal Syndicate calling itself the US government (a Syndicate comprised, for the most part, of big bankers, …

Patrick Meier: Lessons Learned on Public Use (or Non-Use) of Social Media During Disasters

Why the Public Uses Social Media During Disasters (and Why Some Don’t) Posted on January 13, 2013 | Leave a comment The University of Maryland has just published an important report on “Social Media Use During Disasters: A Review of the Knowledge Base and Gaps” (PDF). The report summarizes what is empirically known and yet to be …

Berto Jongman: US Spends 7.4 Billion a Year on Bio-Defense, to Zero Effect

Bio-Terror & Infectious Disease Outbreak: Detection Technologies and Global Markets – 2012 Edition The US Bipartisan Bio-Detection 2011 Report Card Status Evaluation (Source: The US Bipartisan WMD Terrorism Research Center, October 2011 Bio Response Report Card) Events of the recent decade confirm that the threats of bio-terrorism and infectious disease outbreaks are real. Attacks such …

NIGHTWATCH: Afghanistan – Panetta Postures, Taliban Waits

Afghanistan: US Defense Secretary Panetta had talks with Afghan President Hamid Karzai at the Pentagon on Thursday. Panetta told the media the two countries were “at the last chapter” in their effort to rebuild Afghanistan’s institutions and security. Panetta said, “We’ve come a long way towards a shared goal of establishing a nation that you …

Marcus Aurelius: Pentagon Plays the 800,000 Cuts Card, Dishonest to the Bone

Pentagon gets to work planning for severe cuts Wants to be ready if sequestration occurs Defense officials have begun “serious planning” for automatic spending cuts that could force the Pentagon to lay off hundreds of thousands of civilian workers as it reduces its budget by $500 billion over the next 10 years. “We are doing …

John Steiner: THE GLOBAL MARCH TOWARD PEACE by Gareth Evans*

A starting point for the new Secretaries of State and Defense. THE GLOBAL MARCH TOWARD PEACE by Gareth Evans Gareth Evans, Australia’s foreign minister for eight years and President Emeritus of the International Crisis Group, is currently Chancellor of the Australian National University and co-chair of the Global Center for the Responsibility to Protect. As …