The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Beyond belief, but here it is: the “official” explanation of why we are going to waste 12 billion dollars a year on contractors without a clue (vapor-ware). There is zero return on investment here for the taxpayer, only for the contractors and Congress, neither of which will be held accountable for fraud, waste, and …
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RISK AREAS Governance risks Regime stability Rule of law Democratic governance Political violence risk Conflict and political violence Terrorism risk Extrajudicial and unlawful killings Kidnappings Business and macroeconomic risk Regulatory Framework Business environment Macroeconomic environment Business integrity and corruption Phi Beta Iota: All well and good, but nothing here about whether the government has a …
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Colombia: The Constitutional Court yesterday declared an agreement granting US military access to Colombian bases unconstitutional on procedural grounds. La Patilla reported the vote was 6-3 against the agreement, and Semana reported the court would soon give a press conference to explain the details. The constitutional court ruled the 2009 accord should be redrafted as …
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Secrecy News Blog: http://www.fas.org/blog/secrecy/ ** WHO IS AN INTELLIGENCE EMPLOYEE? ** WIKILEAKS: GIVING LEAKS A BAD NAME ** HUGE COMMERCIAL SAT IMAGERY CONTRACTS AWARDED ** ODNI ADVISORS ON BIO SCIENCES KEEP LOW PROFILE ** REVIEWS OF FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN US REMAIN “OBSCURE” WHO IS AN INTELLIGENCE EMPLOYEE? Could someone be considered an intelligence community employee …
August 14, 2010 Secret Assault on Terrorism Widens on Two Continents By SCOTT SHANE, MARK MAZZETTI and ROBERT F. WORTH WASHINGTON — At first, the news from Yemen on May 25 sounded like a modest victory in the campaign against terrorists: an airstrike had hit a group suspected of being operatives for Al Qaeda in …
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Below are interesting links/stories from our Twitter feed that were not posted to Phi Beta Iota due to time constraints, etc: ISP Owner Who Fought FBI Spying Freed From Gag Order America discards 40% of the food it makes (2% composted) while a billion go hungry Afghan War Interactive Timeline Scientists developing cancer breath test …
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CIA hid terrorism prisoners from US Supreme Court August 12, 2010 by JOSEPH FITSANAKIS | intelNews.org | The Central Intelligence Agency purposefully concealed at least four terrorism detainees from the US legal system, including the Supreme Court, according to an exclusive report by the Associated Press. The news agency has revealed that the CIA secretly …
