The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
TERRORIST DROP-OUTS Learning From Those Who Have Left (Washington Institute) The Saudi Re-Radicalization Experiment (Council on Foreign Relations) Syria’s Financial Support for Terrorism (Middle East Forum) Cracks in the Jihad (Wilson Quarterly)
CIA and Intelligence Community Mythologies Saturday 23 January 2010 by: Melvin A. Goodman It is time for serious soul-searching regarding the role of the CIA and the intelligence community. Last month’s operational and intelligence failures led to the deaths of seven CIA officers in Afghanistan and might have resulted in nearly 300 deaths on a …
Lovely to see a search like this. Here are the core references and then a comment and then a number of other references, but the reality is that this entire website is about creating a smart nation, and world brain, and four reforms: electoral, intelligence, governance, and national security. Afterthought: all the references from the …
With the possible exception of Syria, Turkey is the most welcoming and friendliest country in the Mediterranean. It is also the Islamic country that is on the friendliest terms with Israel. It predecessor, the Ottoman Empire, had a distinguished history of providing a welcoming sanctuary for Jew persecuted by Christians, particular those in Spain. But …
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Welcome to Qaedastan: Yemen’s coming explosion will make today’s problems seem tame. Yemen has so many dire problems that it’s easy to be overwhelmed. Al Qaeda is growing in prominence, a Shiite rebellion is expanding in the north, and the threat of secession is renewed in the south. There’s a brewing fight over what comes …
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A brave lieutenant colonel speaks out: why most of our generals are dinosaurs Posted By Thomas E. Ricks Thursday, January 22, 2009 Army Lt. Col. Paul Yingling, one of the best officers I’ve encountered in Iraq, recently gave a talk at the Marine base at Quantico, Va., about military leadership and adaptation.
Strongly Recommended by BGen McMaster in Talk at ODNI January 20, 2010 Paul Rexton Kan This is one of two books strongly recommended, with deep admiration, by BGen McMaster, USA (Ret) speaking to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) on 19 January. The four page trip report on his remarks about improving …
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