The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Professor Brenner gave me permission to distribute and post the attached essay. Without saying so, he describes a way that seems tailor-made to systematically violate just about all the criteria for a sensible grand strategy. Chuck Spinney The Blaster 27 OCTOBER 2013 NSA DOES THE GRAND TOUR by Michael Brenner, PhD Professor of International …
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My friend Bill Polk, a well-known historian with extensive experience in the Middle East and Central Asia and author of many books on these areas, has written a backgrounder on how to make sense out of the Syrian chemical weapons issue. He has given me permission to distribute it. Herewith is his most interesting primer on …
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Translating Lessons Learned in Colombia and Other Wars Among the People: Confronting the Spectrum of 21st Century Conflict by Max G. Manwaring Translating Lessons Learned in Colombia and Other Wars Among the People: Confronting the Spectrum of 21st Century Conflict Small Wars Journal, 27 August 2013 Beyond Afghanistan, we must define our effort not as …
UMD Tool Predicts Leadership of Terrorist Networks Contacts: Lee Tune 301-405-4679 COLLEGE PARK, Md. – The loss of a terrorist or criminal network’s leader—whether through imprisonment, change of allegiance or death—can create a vacuum in which subordinates jockey for position or splinter into factions. Rather than wait to see how these scenarios play out, U.S. …
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There is a devastating review of the quality of Army leadership at the new issue of Armed Forces Journal. At Armed Forces Journal, it is an article by Army Lt. Col. Daniel Davis (“Purge the Generals”), and it merits the attention of anyone following military affairs, I believe. If you think Army leadership is an island of …
There is lot of stuff flying around Pentagon these days. There is memo that underlies article next below but I haven’t seen it yet, trying to get from Sister service. Irrespective of your opinion of publication, this might be very good week to buy current Army Times (12 Aug 2013) because it has some data and …
Updated 25 February 2014 1988-2009 OSINT-M4IS2 TECHINT Chronology 1986 Computer Aided Tools for the Analysis of Science & Technology (CATALYST) 1989 Webb (US) CATALYST: Computer-Aided Tools for the Analysis of Science & Technology 1993 Corporate Role in National Competitiveness: Smart People + Good Tools + Information = Profit 1998 TAKEDOWN: Targets, Tools, & Technocracy 2001 …
