The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
** CONFRONTING OVERCLASSIFICATION In a new article at ForeignPolicy.com, I [Steven Aftergood] take a critical look at the current policy landscape, including the newly enacted Reducing Over-classification Act and the pending Fundamental Classification Guidance Review. See “Telling Secrets,” October 15. See Also: Review: C3I–Issues of Command and Control with this quote: “Everybody who’s a real …
From Fire Dog Lake No Logo Available Third Party Rising? By: Nancy Bordier Friday October 15, 2010 2:25 pm Eleven-Page 1997-2003 Paginated Word Document of Entire Piece Thomas Friedman wrote in a recent New York Times article, “Third Party Rising“, that he is “astounded” by the level of disgust with Washington D.C. and the two …
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Kevin Kelly From Booklist: Verbalizing visceral feelings about technology, whether attraction or repulsion, Kelly explores the “technium,” his term for the globalized, interconnected stage of technological development. Arguing that the processes creating the technium are akin to those of biological evolution, Kelly devotes the opening sections of his exposition to that analogy, maintaining that the …
Down to Earth, Absorbing, Perfectly Presented, “Must Read” October 10, 2010 Randy Komisar with Kent Lineback I’m putting this book into the 6 Star and Beyond category at Phi Beta Iota the Public Intelligence Blog, for two reasons: it has a proper definition of what business should be about–creativity and humanity; and it strives to …
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USG Blows It, Makes This a Best-Seller October 5, 2010 Anthony Shaffer EDIT of 7 October 2010 to address the negatives. I can see I need to spell this out more clearly. 1) Let’s distinguish between the book and the heavy-handed (late) censorsorship. The book is an earnest personal effort by an experienced officer who …
History: 1) 9-11 known to have been at a minimum allowed to happen. 9-11 Truth Books & DVDs (29) 2) CIA known to have sponsored terrorism in Philippines, Indonesia, Viet-Nam, and Italy as pretext. Review: Edward Lansdale’s Cold War (Culture, Politics, and the Cold War) (Paperback) Reference: US Responsibility for Atrocities in Indonesia 3) Underpants …
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Howard Rheingold, then editor of the Whole Earth Review (WER) gave us access to all past issues of WER, and permission to select and print this special collection of authors and idea relevant to the Revolution in Intelligence Affairs (RIA). All of it remains relevant because both government and industry have chosen to remain on …
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