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NSA To Monitor Critical Computer Networks Looking For Imperfect Citizens

(IEEE Spectrum) By: Robert Charette // Thu, July 08, 2010 There is a story in the Wall Street Journal about a new, $100+ million, classified program being run out of the National Security Agency (NSA) that will monitor critical commercial and government infrastructure systems such as electricity grids, nuclear power plants, air traffic control systems and the …

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The Year of the Drone: Map & Analysis of U.S. Drone Strikes in Pakistan, 2004-2010

The research on these pages, which we have created in a good faith effort to be as transparent as possible with our sources and analysis and will be updated regularly, draws only on accounts from reliable media organizations with deep reporting capabilities in Pakistan, including the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal, …

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Secrecy News: GAO Oversight of Intelligence, Costs of Secrecy

GAO OVERSIGHT OF INTEL AGENCIES IN DISPUTE One of the simplest and most effective ways to strengthen congressional oversight of intelligence agencies would be to task cleared staffers from the Government Accountability Office (GAO), which is the investigative arm of Congress, to undertake specific audits or investigations of intelligence programs.  Perhaps the clearest indication of …

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Review: Grand Theft Pentagon–Tales of Corruption and Profiteering in the War on Terror

Chapter and Verse But No Footnotes–a Cornerstone Read   June 17, 2010 Jeffrey St. Clair I come late to this book, published in 2005 and consisting of well-organized Op-Eds published in CounterPunch from 2000-2005. My review is primarily for my own benefit (my notes) and those who follow my reviews of non-fiction at Phi Beta …

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Journal: Dropping COIN–McChrystal Returns to His Roots

By FRANKLIN C. SPINNEY, Counterpunch, 27 May 2010 FULL STORY ONLINE For the past several years Americans have been inundated by reams of journalistic puff pieces extolling the virtues of the new US Counterinsurgency (COIN) Strategy documented by General Petraeus in his much ballyhooed COIN manual — which for the most part was a merely …

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Review (DVD): Unthinkable

Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Sheen Director: Gregor Jordan And Carrie-Anne Moss (Amazon stinks at listing all authors and actors) 5.0 out of 5 stars Astonishing–Riveting–Thought Provoking–Beyond Five Stars May 28, 2010 EDIT of 27 August 2010: The Intelligence Science Board, the top advisory board to the Director of National Intelligence, has just come out …

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(Audio) 300-700 Vietnam MIA’s & POW’s left behind + Skiptracing & Personal Data Access

Radio Netherlands show “The State We’re In” segments about 300-700 Vietnam MIA’s & POW’s left behind + Skiptracing & Personal Data Access. …. … .. Comment: In regards to personal data, of interest here would be campaigns promoting the idea and legal process of “owning” our data, or, “owning our own data” while redefining “ownership.” …

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