Marcus Aurelius: UK Cuts Military, Lacks Ability to Reconfigure – Huge Opportunity for NATO NNEC

Is this the future of America in the world — racing pell-mell after the UK using essentially the same strategy that the Brits say we condemn? If You Want To Be Obama’s Lieutenant, PM, You’ll Need Soldiers By Camilla Cavendish London Sunday Times, June 16, 2013, Pg. 21 On Friday the sonorous boom of the …

Mini-Me: DHS Insider – It’s About to Get Ugly [Possible Neo-Con Coup Angle?]

Huh? DHS insider: It’s about to get very ugly Seriously dangerous times ahead. Deadly times. War, and censorship under the color of authority and under the pretext of of national security Doug Hagmann Canada Free Press, 10 June 2013 EXTRACT “If anyone thinks that what’s going on right now with all of this surveillance of …

Steven Aftergood: Secret Surveillance and the Crisis of Legitimacy

Secret Surveillance and the Crisis of Legitimacy Intelligence, Leaks, Oversight, Secrecy In December 1974, when a previous program of secret government surveillance was revealed by Seymour Hersh in the New York Times, the ensuing public uproar led directly to extensive congressional investigations and the creation of new mechanisms of oversight, including intelligence oversight committees in …

Rickard Falkvinge: Further Analysis of NSA PRISM, Limited Liability of Service Providers

So Just Exactly What Is NSA’s Prism, More Than Reprehensibly Evil? Privacy: The US NSA’s PRISM program appears to be a set of specialized deep-packet inspection filters combined with pre-existing wiretapping points at high-level Internet carriers in the United States. Since the program’s revelation the day before yesterday, speculations have ranged far and wide about who …

Paul Craig Roberts: Alternative Negative View of Latest Jobs Report

June 7, 2013. The payroll jobs report for May released today continues the fantasy. Goods producing jobs declined, with manufacturing losing another 4,000 jobs, but the New Economy produced 179,000 service jobs. Are these jobs the high-powered, high-wage “innovation jobs” that economists promised would be our reward from Globalism. I’m afraid not. According to the …

Owl: NSA Perfect Storm — Time to Clean House — Fire Alexander, Close DNI Down (Restore DCI), Cancel CIA Drone Program (“A Thousand Genocides”), Fund Open Source Agency….

MS, Yahoo FB, Apple and the rest all deny they know anything the NSA’s program – implemented with these tech giant’s cooperation – called “PRISM.” It’s evident from this article they are all lying: ” America, here’s hoping you’ve had enough time to be come to terms with the National Security Agency scooping up all …

Search: Development at Gunpoint – Why Civilians Must Reclaim Stabilization Aid

Development at Gunpoint – Why Civilians Must Reclaim Stabilization Aid Michael Young Foreign Affairs, December 19, 2010 The current multibillion-dollar campaign to counter transnational terrorism, defeat insurgencies, and stabilize fragile states blends diplomacy, defense, and development. A principal tool in this vast effort is humanitarian and development assistance — what has come to be known …