The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
My very close friend Mike Lofgren, and Republican of the Old School, one of the smartest people I have ever met, backs out of the Capital Hill Saloon with both guns blazing. Knowing the truly dedicated people like Mike in government over the years is one of the things that made my 33 years in …
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EDIT 4 Sep 2011: Link and misc. fixed. Dear IARPA staff- The greatest threat facing the USA is the irony inherent in our current defense posture, like for example planning to use nuclear energy embodied in missiles to fight over oil fields that nuclear energy could replace. This irony arises in part because the USA’s …
Juliana Geran Pilon (Author) 5.0 out of 5 stars In the Ada Bozeman Tradition–a Vital Stepping Stone,August 16, 2011 EDIT of 10 Sep 2011 to add more specifics and a concluding judgment. I am delighted to see that Look Inside the Book has been activated and urge one and all to look over the table …
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A SPOTLIGHT ON “TOP SECRET AMERICA” Most people can vaguely recall that there was once no U.S. Department of Homeland Security and that there was a time when you didn’t have to take your shoes off before boarding an airplane or submit to other dubious security practices. But hardly anyone truly comprehends the enormous expansion …
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The dam should be close to bursting….. Court case lifts lid on secret post 9/11 flights By STEPHEN BRAUN, Associated Press – 4 hours ago WASHINGTON (AP) — A hidden network of U.S. companies, coordinated by a prominent defense contractor, played a key role in the covert airlift that transported terrorism suspects and their American …
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The author works for the Combating Terrorism Center at West Point, not for Bloomberg. Still, it is nice to see Bloomberg taking notice of the obvious. To Defeat Terrorists, Start Using the Library: Scott Helfstein Bloomberg, 30 August 2011 The information glut that marks the 21st century is evidenced in some unexpected places. Last month, …
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Glenn Greenwald busts the DHS profiteering scam. The decade’s biggest scam Glenn Greenwald Salon, 29 August 2011 EXTRACT: First, this wastefulness is seen as inefficient only if one falsely assumes that its real objective is to combat Terrorist threats. That is not the purpose of what the U.S. Government does. As Daniel Weeks explains today, the …
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