American Intelligence Media: Do Newspapers Run Intelligence?

Michael McKibben: I can confidently say this: we have discovered the origins of modern intelligence and that origin is in the British Parliament and it is staffed with newspaper men and women from around the world and has been since the beginning.Newspapers run intelligence. That’s what we’ve discovered. It is just blowing our minds! It’s …

John Petersen: Adam Gopnik Is Intelligence Intelligent? Are Spies More Trouble Than They’re Worth?

Are Spies More Trouble Than They’re Worth? The history of espionage is a lesson in paradox: the better your intelligence, the dumber your conduct; the more you know, the less you anticipate. The universal law of unintended consequences rules with a special ferocity in espionage and covert action, because pervasive secrecy rules out the small, …

J. C. Cole: American Gray Swans – Week 34 – Red Flag the Red Flag Laws

American Gray Swans – Week 34 – Red Flag the Red Flag Laws There is much debate over the Red Flag Laws, so let us disassemble it and look. The Red Flag Law basically is being claimed to protect society by taking firearms out of the hands of potentially dangerous people. This sounds good on …