The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Linked below is a very long, but I believe critically important analysis of the blowback effects of Israel’s bloody invasion of Gaza, which began in Dec 2008 and ended days before President Obama took office. The author, Norman Finkelstein, is the son of Holocaust survivors, and the bête noire of the worldwide Zionist establishment, especially in …
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Hurdles Stymie Counterterrorism Center Tuesday, February 23, 2010 By ERIC SCHMITT and THOM SHANKER, The New York Times (Syndicated) WASHINGTON — The nation’s main counterterrorism center, created in response to the intelligence failures in the years before Sept. 11, is struggling because of flawed staffing and internal cultural clashes, according to a new study financed …
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ClimateGate as Crime: Climategate Meets the Law, Senator Calls for Criminal Investigation Commentary: Beware of ‘Comprehensive’ Anything Cuber-Security: Who runs cyber policy? Cyber-Security: ‘Sophisticated’ Hack Hit Intel in January Cyber-Security: Cyber attacks will ‘catastrophically’ spook public, warns GCHQ Iraq: Iraq watchdog proposes new agency to manage reconstruction US Congress: Two Million So Congress Can Watch …
One of Two “Best” on China in Africa February 22, 2010 Robert I. Rotberg, contributing editor Of the modest number of books focused on China in Africa, this is one of the two best, and both are unique–if you buy only one, at least read my summary of the other, China Safari: On the Trail …
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The Making of a Euromess (New York Times) By PAUL KRUGMAN, New York Times, 15 Feb 2010 For the truth is that lack of fiscal discipline isn’t the whole, or even the main, source of Europe’s troubles — not even in Greece, whose government was indeed irresponsible (and hid its irresponsibility with creative accounting). No, …
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COMMENT: IMHO, incredibly irresponsible behavior by UK judicial system. However, I really wonder whether USG will really degrade the special relationship because I suspect it would be cutting our nose off to spite our face. While I think we have clear dominance in some intelligence disciplines and coverages, I also think the UK dances rings …
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by Robert David Steele Tuesday, 09 February 2010 It’s time to get real about cybersecurity I am quite certain that a careful examination of all extant SOWs would reveal a degree of obscurity and incoherence confirming that the US Government is engaged in a massive collective self-deception and entertaining bids for vaporware amidst a climate …
