Mini-Me: Three Pre-Snowden NSA Whistle-Blowers “WE TOLD YOU SO”

Huh? In a time of universal deceit – telling the truth is a revolutionary act. George Orwell 3 NSA veterans speak out on whistle-blower: We told you so In a roundtable discussion, a trio of former National Security Agency whistle-blowers tell USA TODAY that Edward Snowden succeeded where they failed. When a National Security Agency …

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) …

Marcus Aurelius: Time for US to Get Serious About Setting Everyone Else “Ablaze”? — Sun Tzu Comment

Two articles follow:  one posits a seemingly global anti-US opposition, an Anti-American Network (AAN), and the other posits that political warfare is the answer to the Middle East portion of the problem.  IMHO, both are worth considering.  Further believe that, with respect to Boot & Doran’s approach, (a) coverage needs expansion to cover all the opponents Hirsch posits …

NIGHTWATCH: Egypt Tarred with Benghazi, Israel Escapes Notice

Libya: This week the Kuwaiti newspaper Al Rai published a Libyan intelligence report of the results of its interrogation of terrorists connected to the Benghazi attack in which a US Ambassador was murdered. According to the report, the Egyptian branch of the Muslim Brotherhood and President Mursi were involved in the plot to attack the …

Berto Jongman: Why Is Barrett Brown in Jail? What Does It Tell Us About Corporate-Government Conspiracies to Repress Free Speech and the Media?

The Strange Case of Barrett Brown Amid the outrage over the NSA’s spying program, the jailing of journalist Barrett Brown points to a deeper and very troubling problem. Peter Ludlow The Nation, 18 June 2013 In early 2010, journalist and satirist Barrett Brown was working on a book on political pundits, when the hacktivist collective …

Berto Jongman: Mike Haydon on TV “Security and Transparency a Zero-Sum Game” — Robert Steele Comments

Former CIA Head Warns David Gregory: We’ll Have To Be ‘Less Effective To Be A Little More Transparent’ Former CIA Director Michael Hayden told Meet the Press’ David Gregory on Sunday morning that security and transparency were a zero-sum game. “For part of my life, when I was running the NSA program, I thought lawful, …