SchwartzReport: Regulators Keep Fracking Pollution Test Results From Public — Betrayal of the Public Trust!

Regulators Under Fire for Keeping Fracking Pollution Test Results Under Wraps Mike Ludwig truthout.org, 11 December 2012 Residents living in the shadow of fracking rigs say they’ve suffered from headaches, nosebleeds and other health effects since drilling began in their communities. Meanwhile, state agencies refuse to release the results of air and water pollution tests. …

2012 Global Trends 2030: Review by Robert Steele — Report Lauds Fracking as Energy Solution, Disappoints on Multiple Fronts

NOTE:  This is the final report with new comments.  Comments were made on the earlier elements of this report on year ago.  Robert Steele: Global Trends 2030 – Gaps + RECAP Best External Snapshot: 2012-12-10 Nicole Gaouette, Four ‘Megatrends’ Reshaping the World: U.S. Intelligence (BloombergBusinessweek) New technologies, dwindling resources and explosive population growth in the …

Berto Jongman: Recommended on Networked Future

Networking for Progress Steven Johnson, Future Perfect: The Case For Progress In A Networked Age (Riverhead, 2012) In Future Perfect, bestselling author Steven Johnson (Everything Bad Is Good for You)declares himself a member of the new revolutionary party, the peer progressives. For the most part, it’s a quiet movement, steady, not inherently violent. The recent uprisings in Bahrain, Egypt, the Occupy …

2012 USA Human Intelligence (HUMINT) Scorecard 1.1

Document: USA HUMINT 1.1 This is tentative (new draft) pending additional feed-back from a handful of still-engaged colleagues.  It assumes CIA being dead in the water, reliant on foreign liaison and legal traveler debriefings for 90% of its “clandestine” Human Intelligence (HUMINT), and its OSC being totally out of touch with 80% or more of the …

NIGHTWATCH: China, India, Spratleys, Oil — and a Coming Grudge Match?

China-India; China warned India to stop oil exploration in the South China Sea after the Indian Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Joshi, said he was prepared to send Indian naval ships there to protect its interests. India’s state oil company, ONGC, is exploring three oil blocks close to the disputed Spratly Islands – known as …

Richard Wright: Proposal for an Open Source Agency

Document (5 Pages): Richard Wright Proposal for an Open Source Agency Proposal for an Open Source Agency Executive Summary This proposal argues that the strategic intelligence needs of U.S. Policy Makers, including the President and National Security Council, can best be met by establishing an independent Open Source Intelligence Agency (OSA) as recommended by the …