Chuck Spinney: White House Blows Iran — Again….

The Washington Jerkocracy Strikes Again by Rami G. Khouri Agence-Global, 07 Aug 2013 Rami G. Khouri is Editor-at-large of The Daily Star, and Director of the Issam Fares Institute for Public Policy and International Affairs at the American University of Beirut, in Beirut, Lebanon. You can follow him @ramikhouri.   BEIRUT — I would love …

John Maguire: James Randi On LENR

James Randi is considered by many to be the Godfather/Icon of “Modern Skepticism”. A former magician, Randi has been exposing fraudsters for years and is famous for offering a million dollar prize to any person who can definitively “prove” psychic abilities. While he and his JREF organization have rightfully brought the hammer down on a plethora of scammers, there remains a convincing …

Preston James: White House About to Go Public on extraterrestrials?

Secret Space War V: Exopolitics Veterans Today, 22 July 2013 Recently there have been well founded rumors that the USG is now in the process of setting up an official Office for Exopolitics and considering several esteemed individuals from which to choose a director to run this new office. Exopolitics is the official, public admission …

Chuck Spinney: Insane Insider Threat Program in Context of Morally and Mentally Bankrupt US Intelligence System

Attached herewith is an essay I just wrote for Counterpunch. For you convenience  I have also attached a very important McClatchy report on the Orwellian Insider Threat Program being promoted by the Obama Administration. The lead co-author, Jonathan Landay, is one of the few mainstream reporters who has been onto the lunacy unleashed by 9-11 …

Patrick Meier: Global Heat Map of Protests in 2013

Global Heat Map of Protests in 2013  My colleague Kalev Leetaru recently launched GDELT (Global Data on Events, Location and Tone), which includes over 250 million events ranging from riots and protests to diplomatic exchanges and peace appeals. The data is based on dozens of news sources such as AFP, AP, BBC, UPI, Washington Post, New …

Congressional Research Service — Index Frozen 2 JUNE 2015

NOTICE: We are suspending our update of this index. All CRS reports will continue to be offered at the Federation of American Scientists, and updated as new version are received, but we will not longer maintain this separate index.   Updated FAS new 2 June 2015. All links lead to Federation of American Scientists (FAS) …

Stephen E. Arnold: Palantir Anomalies in Funding, Litigation, & Media

Palantir: $300 Million Not Enough? I spotted a blog post called “Could Palantir Technologies Be Raising Additional Funding?” I have no clue who or what is behind this interesting item. The main idea is that Palantir, a high profile company which has been in the news about litigation and other matters, has been funded already. …