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Dolphin: Intelligence Reform? Not Here, Not Now…

Some odds and ends, quick reads. 2013  Incomplete Intelligence Reform: Why the US Intelligence Community Needs an Empowered DNI  Michael Rettig in Diplomatic Courier (12 February 2013) Bottom line:  DNI has been neutered from day one — no budget authority, no operational authority, a staff of over a thousand promoted beyond their abilities. 2012  The …

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Steve Aftergood: When Can a Court Reject an Agency Classification Claim?

When Can a Court Reject an Agency Classification Claim? Last year, DC District Judge Richard W. Roberts ordered the U.S. Trade Representative to disclose a classified document to a FOIA requester because, he said, the classification of the document was not properly supported.  That ruling in Center for International Environmental Law v. Office of the …

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Penguin: Examination of Lockheed Lobbying and the C-130 Hercules

The stories are getting simple enough and ridiculous enough for the average American to start getting it. The Disturbing History of One of the Pentagon’s Most Expensive Flying Turkeys Meet the C-130 Hercules. EXTRACT The C-130 Hercules, or Herk for short, isn’t a sexy plane.  It hasn’t inspired hit Hollywood films, though it has prompted …

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Mongoose: 9/11 Treason, Plain and Simple? — The Answers — Including Nuclear — Keep Coming to the Surface — Rumsfeld-Cheney Key, But Subordinate to Bush Senior and a Financial Cabal

From a human source I’ve named SLOW PITCH.  Original World Trade Center was built in 1966-1967.  Larry Silverstein was present at the creation, including the six story underground footings that may or may not have included an “end of life” explosive solution.  Personally I doubt the nuclear option as a one-size solution.  Much more likely …

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Ho Ho Ho: Unhappy Neighbors — South China Sea as Flash Point, Indonesia and Viet-Nam Seek Solutions — China’s U-Shaped Line and String of Pearls

Unhappy Neighbors Ngo Vinh Long The Cairo Review of Foreign Affairs, February 10, 2013 Speaking to diplomats, businessmen and journalists at the British Foreign Office in November, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia emphasized the need for “norms and principles” in resolving disputes in the South China Sea. Why did President Yudhoyono, who was spending …

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Review: National Insecurity – The Cost of American Militarism

Mel Goodman 5.0 out of 5 stars Stellar Offering — Both Panoramic and Specific, February 23, 2013 First let me warn other reviewers, the new Amazon review protocol is not friendly. You have to enter a short review first, and then once that goes live, you can write a more sophisticated review with product links. …

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