Journal: Deja Vu in AF, Wahhabist Balkans….

Deja Vu in Marja Our guiding illusions in Afghanistan ANDREW J. BACEVICH, America Magazine: The National Catholic Weekly, 29 March 2010 In American politics, deficits have suddenly become all the rage. Throughout the presidency of George W. Bush, the federal government hemorrhaged red ink, with no one paying much attention. Upon the election of Barack …

Review: Endless War–Middle-Eastern Islam vs. Western Civilization

27 March 2010: Full spread sheet and optimal links added below Amazon review.GOT TO RUN, Links later today. Beyond Five Stars…Gifted Mix of Intelligence, Integrity, Insight Deeply Rooted in History and Firmly Focused on Today’s Reality March 21, 2010 Ralph Peters I do not always agree with Ralph Peters, but along with Steve Metz and …

Journal: Pollard, USS Liberty, & The Big Truth

In American politics, the interests of two powerful factions are never questioned by an adoring, pusillanimous Congress: the US Military (really the political-economy of the Military – Industrial – Congressional Complex) and Israel (a foreign country represented by the Israeli lobby and its domestic allies).  To date, the interests and welfare of these two factions …

Journal: Bush-Era Cover-Up on 9-11 Interrogations

Revealed: Ashcroft, Tenet, Rumsfeld warned 9/11 Commission about ‘line’ it ’should not cross’ Posted on March 17, 2010 by willyloman by Sahil Kapur, Raw Story Senior Bush administration officials sternly cautioned the 9/11 Commission against probing too deeply into the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, according to a document recently obtained by the ACLU. The …

Journal: Joe Mazzafro, USN (Ret), on IC Performance

How Should We Measure Intelligence Community Performance?, by Joseph Mazzafro. As the Congress and the DC dignitary debate if health care is affordable given the nation’s first trillion dollar annual debit incursion, I am wondering where the money would come from should the United States need to defend its national interests against another Al Qaeda …

Journal: Big Lie Attacks Many Little Lies–All Lies…

… Karl Rove and the repetition of the big lie. March 14, 2010 OP-ED COLUMNIST The New Rove-Cheney Assault on Reality By FRANK RICH, New York Times THE opening salvo, fired on Fox News during Thanksgiving week, aroused little notice: Dana Perino, the former White House press secretary, declared that “we did not have a terrorist …

Journal: United Nations and Information-Sharing

UPDATED 2014-01-29 to add the following new links: 2012 Robert Steele: Practical Reflections on UN Intelligence + UN RECAP References: NATO Transformation Process Documents — and Gaps + Peace from Above RECAP Search: phd topics on the role of intelligence in peace support operation + Peacekeeping RECAP United Nations @ Phi Beta Iota Phi Beta …