The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Alfred Rolington 5.0 out of 5 stars One of four essential books on the future of intelligence, February 2, 2013 I have been holding a gift copy of this book for over a month, waiting for it to be available on Amazon so I could post my review, and as a result have also read …
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Dishonest slime. (Retired) Military leaders oppose Hagel nomination Center for Security Policy | Jan 29, 2013 January 29, 2013 (Washington, D.C.): A distinguished group of fourteen retired generals and admirals, representing all branches of the United States Armed Forces, has signed a letter opposing the nomination of Sen. Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense. The letter …
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ARMY MANUAL HIGHLIGHTS ROLE OF “INFORM AND INFLUENCE ACTIVITIES” The use of information-related tools to support military operations and to help shape their outcome is discussed in a newly updated Army manual on what are now called “Inform and Influence Activities.” Inform and influence activities (or IIA) refers to “the integration of designated information-related capabilities …
PDF (6 Pages) See Also: Inter-American Defense College (English) 2013 Robert Steele on Healing the Americas with an Open Source Agency — and Integrity; Dicho Sobre la Curacion de las Américas con una Agencia de Todo Abierto – y la Integridad Por debajo de la linea: versión completa para el uso de Google Traductor Abaixo …
Interesting term: “ambidextrous organization.” It seems the basic idea is an organization that can both produce a current product and create the next product. In the 9 page wikipedia article there is no mention of Stafford Beer’s work on management cybernetics and the Viable System Model. Beer’s Viable System Model (VSM) lies at the heart …
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The Force: How much military is enough? by Jill Lepore New Yorker, January 28, 2013 Sixty-two legislators sit on the House Armed Services Committee, the largest committee in Congress. Since January, 2011, when Republicans took control of the House, the committee has been chaired by Howard P. McKeon, who goes by Buck. He has never …
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Invite your attention to both article immediately below and four comments on it, second below. Some of the comments appear pretty sound to me. Integrity of any institution of Mexican (MX) government seems questionable — “plata o plumba” is a long tradition in Latin America and the MX government has been in the press many …
