The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
The Phi Beta Iota collective is delighted that <integrity> is the single most frequent sole search term–sadly, because integrity permeates this entire site (as well as its opposite, corruption), we find it necessary to create this triple headline to serve those who search in the future. Below are the primary referential posts on integrity. Journal: …
The power of Open Source…….. Secret Space Plane Can’t Hide From Amateur Sleuths Noah Shachtman, March 30, 2011 WIRED The U.S. military likes to be a little sneaky with its robotic space planes. Unlike typical spacecraft, these vehicles can shift their orbits, frustrating the global network of skywatchers who keep track of just about every …
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Secrecy News DNI DRAGS HEELS ON GAO ACCESS TO INTELLIGENCE The Director of National Intelligence has prepared a draft intelligence directive on access by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to intelligence information, but it is “shockingly bad,” a congressional official said. The GAO is an investigative arm of Congress that performs audits and reviews in …
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This is really disgusting. Chuck Published on Wednesday, March 30, 2011 by Truthdig.com Obama’s Fatal Corporate Addiction by Robert Scheer If it had been revealed that Jeffrey Immelt once hired an undocumented nanny, or defaulted on his mortgage, he would be forced to resign as head of President Barack Obama’s “Council on Jobs and Competitiveness.” But the …
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There is no question that the sudden emergence of the Arab Revolution caught the Obama Administration flatfooted. While it is easy to blame President Obama for being asleep at the switch, he is dependent on the professional government for information about the world — specifically, that provided by the $80 billion a year intelligence services. …
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The below report in the Guardian makes three general points regarding the Tokyo Electric’s management operations at the Fukushima Daiichi reactor site: 1. Cost-cutting degraded safety procedures. 2. Collusion between industry and regulators. 3. Deferring decisions on how to permanently store nuclear waste. Thank god these problems do not occur in Amerika (sic). Chuck Spinney …
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P.J. CROWLEY AND THE LIMITS OF OPENNESS State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley resigned yesterday facing an Obama Administration backlash against his remarks declaring the treatment of suspected leaker Pfc. Bradley E. Manning “ridiculous and counterproductive and stupid.” The conditions of Private Manning’s detention became the subject of controversy when his lawyer complained that Manning was …
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