The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
India: In eastern India, the Maoist insurgents have neutralized yet another large police contingent. About 70 police personnel are missing on 4 August in the Chhattisgarh forests following a gunfight between heavily-armed Maoists and police in Dantewada area, India, The Times of India reported. Maoists reportedly attacked a search party of the state police in …
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Afghanistan – The Netherlands: BBC and other international media reported that the Netherlands military mission has ended its operations and is withdrawing. They transferred command of Oruzgan to the US and Australians on Sunday. Their departure will serve as a validation of the Taliban long term strategy of outlasting the foreigners and a recruitment appeal: …
SECRECY NEWS from the FAS Project on Government Secrecy Volume 2010, Issue No. 62 August 2, 2010 Secrecy News Blog: http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/ ** AFGHANISTAN CASUALTIES, AND MORE FROM CRS ** WEAKNESSES IN INDUSTRIAL CYBER SECURITY DESCRIBED ** TOO MANY SECRETS, THE GREATEST MATH DISCOVERY, AND MORE AFGHANISTAN CASUALTIES, AND MORE FROM CRS Sixty-six American troops died …
Combines Holistic Thinking with Drill-Down Detail August 1, 2010 Heather Rogers This is a solid five in my view because the author goes beyond weaving a story about green gone wrong in three main areas (food, shelter, transportation), providing what almost all other books miss: the systems of systems “its all connected” and “what’s good …
The Final Word from a Three-Agency SIS 28 July 2010 In my opinion the Washington Post series that exposed the exponential increase in the size and cost of the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) was not taken seriously by official Washington and is considered a minor nuisance. That is why the only response to the series, …
6 Star Epic–Genocide, CIA Complicity, & Indigenous Honor July 27, 2010 Jennifer K. Harbury This is one of multiple books by this author, and a huge bargain as a used book–I got the used hardcopy. This book is a book-end to Secret History: The CIA’s Classified Account of Its Operations in Guatemala, 1952-1954. The author …
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Stunning Account of Unethical Incompetence Triumphant July 26, 2010 Christopher J. Petherick I strongly recommend that this book (or my review) be read in conjunction with its counterpart for Guatemala, Secret History: The CIA’s Classified Account of Its Operations in Guatemala, 1952-1954 (or my review). I’ve been a clandestine case officer (C/O) with three tours …
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