The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
NeoOpticon: the EU Security-Industrial Complex (Transnational Institute) As the title communicates. Prevention of WMD Proliferation and Terrorism Report Card (WMD Commission) Failing grade in isolation from all the more pressing threats (poverty, disease, environment). Al Qaeda Weapons of Mass Destruction Threat: Hype or Reality? (Harvard) More focus on the symptom instead of the problem (US …
Obama’s Credibility Gap (New York Times) Americans are still looking for the answer, and if they don’t get it soon — or if they don’t like the answer — the president’s current political problems will look like a walk in the park. Public Rifts On Afghanistan: Leaks suggest that the administration is divided, endangering Obama’s …
Pentagon’s Gitmo Recidivism Claims Don’t Add Up Researchers at Seton Hall and New America Foundation track the Pentagon’s claims that released Guantanamo detainees ‘returned to battle.’ Phi Beta Iota: Government claims 1 in 5 and counts those who speak to the press against USG and Guantanamo. Researcers find 1 in 25 at best and observe …
What’s The Next U.S. Terror Threat?Top officials see varied challenges in coming decade Phi Beta Iota Problem 1: These folks mean well but they are totally disconnected from reality. Phi Beta Iota Problem 2: They have no idea that the decisions made by government on the basis of their severely flawed and limited perspective costs …
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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 …
This is both a very intelligent search and a very funny search. CIA and the rest of the IC do not have a “method” because they do not do “learning” in the classical sense. It is virtually all “on the job” training and the culture across the board is one of hubris as in “we …
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Phi Beta Iota: From an individual who trained many of the NCTC analysts, is fully familiar with the database mess as well as the management mind-sets, and wishes to see America get the best value for its $75 billion a year. We have added emphasis (bold) to the two paragraphs below. 18 January 2010 The …
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