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2010/12/022010/12/02

NIGHTWATCH EXTRACT: STRATFOR Does Not Understand Intelligence

NIGHTWATCH For the record. STRATFOR published an essay on intelligence that posited that the tension in the intelligence world is between collectors and others and analysts. That mischaracterizes of the source of the tension and shows very limited insight. At the national level, among national agencies, there is an overwhelming volume of information sharing on …

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2010/10/282010/10/28

Journal: Putin to Obama–Stay in Afghanistan + RECAP

Mikhail Gorbachev, who has been neutralized by the succession of Russian rulers, especially Putin) has just advised President Obama to get out of Afghanistan. Jonathan Steele suggests here (also attached below) that Obama ought to heed that advice, because Obama is in a similar albeit somewhat worse position than Gorbachev was in 1985-6. Analogies are dangerous, because …

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2010/06/172010/06/17

Review: Grand Theft Pentagon–Tales of Corruption and Profiteering in the War on Terror

Chapter and Verse But No Footnotes–a Cornerstone Read June 17, 2010 Jeffrey St. Clair I come late to this book, published in 2005 and consisting of well-organized Op-Eds published in CounterPunch from 2000-2005. My review is primarily for my own benefit (my notes) and those who follow my reviews of non-fiction at Phi Beta …

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2010/05/302010/05/30

Reference: Strategic Asymmetry–with Comment

Full Source Online Dr. Steve Metz was published on this topic by the Military Review in July-August 2001. A great deal of original thinking came out of the U.S. Army Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) in the aftermath of the 1998 Army Strategy Conference, and sadly, none of it has gained any traction with any Secretary …

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2010/04/152011/09/12

Reference: Invisible Empire New World Order DVD + RECAP

Invisible Empire A New World Order Defined Full 2 hours, 14 minutes, 1 second — free online, click on title above Jason Bermas [creator or Loose Change movie] presents Invisible Empire: A New World Order Defined produced by Alex Jones. The film can be ordered here http://infowars-shop.stores.yahoo.net/inemnewwoord.html or viewed free online (click on title above). …

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2010/01/312010/01/31

Journal: US Office for Contingency Operations

TIP OF THE HAT to Manna The idea of a new agency for S&R ops was put forward a few months ago by Stuart Bowen, IG for Iraq reconstruction. After reviewing DoD and DoS efforts there, he proposed a US Office for Contingency Operations (USOCO). A whole of government agency to unify command and avoid …

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2010/01/202010/01/20

Journal: US Government Good, Bad, & Ugly

GOOD January 11, 2010 The Obama Reversal That Might Save Your Life (Sierra Club) Washington, DC — The first anniversary of the Obama administration is only a week away. Perhaps the greatest untold story of the past year is the reversal of George Bush’s eight years of environmental counterrevolution. When Bush and Cheney stopped a …

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