The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Harry Truman is rolling over in his grave. Post-Petraeus CIA Should Kill Less and Spy More, Former Chief [Mike Hayden] Says By Noah Shachtman WIRED, November 12, 2012 When David Petraeus got the job of CIA chief, he knew what job #1 was: find out everything he could about al-Qaida and its allies — and …
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There is a lot of waste in the defense budget, much of it inserted by Congress for pork reasons, but DoD is also used to mask many other non-Defense programs, not just intelligence but in energy, health, foreign aid, etcetera. Breaking the bargain with military retirees on health care is both a major betrayal, and …
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Free, Force Is. Free, Education Should Be. Information wants to be free, but does education? By Dominic Basulto Washington Post, 31 October 2012 EXTRACT It all seems doable enough that Stanford president John Hennessy came out this year and said that it’s not a matter of if, but when, online higher education becomes free. And …
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NY Post Pisses Its Pants Over Terrorism Homework; And You Should Too Ryan Singel WIRED, 29 October 2012 The New York Post is quivering in fear and outrage over a graduate level course for intelligence analysts that requires students to write a fake terrorism plot, complete with methods of execution, sources of funding, number of …
Spies And Co. By Eamon Javers New York Times, October 25, 2012 Washington — SUDDENLY, Washington is extremely concerned about Chinese espionage. Last month, the White House blocked a Chinese company from operating a wind farm near a sensitive Navy base in Oregon. Next, the House Intelligence Committee said two Chinese telecommunications firms were manufacturing …
Hayden: Obama’s Military Comments Not ‘Presidential’ President Obama’s response to Mitt Romney comments on the size of the U.S. Navy during Monday’s debate did not “play well” with American voters, former CIA Director Michael Hayden tells Newsmax. Romney complained that the Navy is “smaller now than any time since 1917.” Obama responded: “We also have …
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Scottish Independence: ‘Lower defence bill’ after independence Scottish taxpayers could pay about £1.5bn a year less for defending an independent Scotland than they currently pay towards UK defence spending, according to a report. The Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) study claimed annual costs could be cut from £3.3bn to about £1.8bn. The report outlined the …
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