Gold Transformer: Federal Reserve Transparency Ploy, End of the Middle Period in Predatory Central Banking — Fed Cannot Account for $9 Trillion + Meta-RECAP

  Ben Bernanke’s Fed Transparency … Transparent Ploy? Monday, September 24, 2012 – by Staff Report Under Ben Bernanke, a more open and forceful Federal Reserve … In what might be his final years as chairman of the Federal Reserve, Ben S. Bernanke is transforming the U.S. central bank, seeking to shed its reclusive habits …

Mini-Me: Secret World Has a New Story Line — Sharing TOO MUCH (We Do Not Make This Stuff Up….)

Huh? Intell community’s new problem: Sharing too much data Rutrell Yasin GCN Sep 19, 2012 After a Nigerian man attempted to detonate plastic explosives hidden in his underwear while aboard a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on Dec. 25, 2009, critics and the media accused intelligence agencies of still being in silos and …

Richard Wright: General Mike Flynn – Taking the Helm of a Rudderless Agency Also Lacking an Engine with Comment by Robert Steele and Follow-On Comment from Richard Wright

Taking the Helm of a Rudderless Agency Also Lacking an Engine The Public Intelligence Blog (Phi Beta) has published a report on a speech delivered by Lt. General Michael Flynn (U.S.A.) the newly appointed Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) in September 2012. The speech was delivered to an audience at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, …

SmartPlanet: Design of Cities Matters — Cuts Emissions!

Building walkable cities cuts emissions more than fuel taxes, study says New Urbanists have advocated walkable cities and shorter commutes for years. But does investing in this approach — what behavioral economists call “smart growth” — simply look good on paper, or does it produce tangible results? It does, according to a new study published …

Mini-Me: General Mike Flynn on Intelligence — Earnest Advance or Better Kool-Aid?

Huh? New threats push need for intelligence, DIA director says Bill Hess Herald/Review,Sat, 09/15/2012 FORT HUACHUCA – The tips of fingers are sensitive, they can tell much to a person about what is felt and, in the world of intelligence gathering, ascertaining the intentions of an enemy many times requires a slight touch, the director …

Marcus Aurelius: CIA Scrambles to Rush Spies and Drones to Libya – Makes Budget Increase Play on the Side

More of the same — never mind that the event is over and CIA has nothing serious to contribute. U.S. Scrambles To Rush Spies, Drones To Libya ArmyTimes.com, September 15, 2012 By Kimberly Dozier, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The U.S. is sending more spies, Marines and drones to Libya, trying to speed the search for …