The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
This appears spot-on. I’ve had some one-on-one experience with OSD CAPE and they appear to be true non-patriots whose sole function is to cut dollars. They don’t seem to have a clue as to what the business of defending America is all about. They particularly oppose the concept of redundancy. In our huge bay, we …
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A Commander Seeks To Chart A New Path For Special Operations By Eric Schmitt and Thom Shanker New York Times, May 2, 2013 WASHINGTON – Not long after Adm. William H. McRaven led the mission to kill Osama bin Laden, he was put in charge of the nation’s entire contingent of Special Operations forces, and …
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April 27, 2013 Departing French Envoy Has Frank Words on Afghanistan By ALISSA J. RUBIN KABUL, Afghanistan — It is always hard to gauge what diplomats really think unless one of their cables ends up on WikiLeaks, but every once in a while, the barriers fall and a bit of truth slips into public view. …
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Army says no to more tanks, but Congress insists By RICHARD LARDNER | Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Built to dominate the enemy in combat, the Army‘s hulking Abrams tank is proving equally hard to beat in a budget battle. Lawmakers from both parties have devoted nearly half a billion dollars in taxpayer money over …
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Actually, story is reasonably well known within USG in DC area. Scott Carmichael, DIA CI SA, wrote pretty good (and approved) book on case. But unfortunate facts remains that (1) DGI recruited her and ran her in place for a long time using reasonable standard of tradecraft and (2) she beat polygraph. DIA has now joined …
New York Times, April 9, 2013 How a Single Spy Helped Turn Pakistan Against the United States By MARK MAZZETTI The burly American was escorted by Pakistani policemen into a crowded interrogation room. Amid a clatter of ringing mobile phones and cross talk among the cops speaking a mishmash of Urdu, Punjabi and English, the …
BOTTOM LINE, UP FRONT: Once again, POTUS is seeking to stick it to the military via his budget. Current issues are escalating costs for a apparently all TRICARE categories, depressed pay raises for active duty military, and restrained cost of living allowances, via “chained CPI,” for military retired pay. Invite your attention to Military Officers …
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