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The Occupy National Gathering is a nationally coordinated event which will take place from June 30th to July 4th in Philadelphia. The Occupy movement will convene the Occupy National Gathering in the vicinity of Philadelphia’s Independence Mall for a week of direct actions, movement building and the creation of a vision for a democratic future. The National Gathering will kick off with a massive march with Healthcare-Now! and will conclude on July 5th when attendees will join the Guitarmy for a 99 mile march from Philadelphia to Wall Street in Lower Manhattan.

Perhaps the highlight of the gathering will be the crafting of a Vision of a Democratic Future. On July 4th the National Gathering (#natgat) will facilitate a visioning process designed to allow all voices to be heard while allowing repeat visions to organically rise to the top. Together, by all those who choose to participate, a Vision of a Democratic Future will be conceived. Learn more about this and more here.

Want to get involved? Here’s how:

Organize
For the past couple of months Occupiers from all over the country have gathered via InterOccupy conference call to conceive of, and implement a strategy for, the Occupy National Gathering. This is the group that hase submitted the “Occupy National Gathering Proposal” to assemblies around the country. You can join them in organizing the final details as the National Gathering is gearing up. The planning calls happen weekly via the InterOccupy system on Tuesdays at 9PM EST. To join the call please register.

Spread the Word
Share the National Gathering on Facebook and Twitter (@OccupyNG) with your friends to raise awareness and bolster the National Gathering’s attendance.

Go to the National Gathering

RSVP to the Facebook Event Page and invite your friends to join you.

Need to find out how to get to Philly? Occupy Caravan is organizing travel from all over the country. To find out more visit occupycaravan.com or join Occupy Caravan’s weekly InterOccupy call by registering here.

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2012/06/222012/06/22

Marcus Aurelius: New REF A from JCS – Lessons of Ten Year War

Lessons, Military

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Decade of War, Volume I: Enduring Lessons from the Past Decade of Operations

(U) Decades of War Report_Vol1

The Volume I report of the Decade of War study discusses the eleven strategic themes that arose from the study of the enduring lessons and challenges of the last decade:

 Understanding the Environment: A failure to recognize, acknowledge, and accurately define the operational environment led to a mismatch between forces, capabilities, missions, and goals.

 Conventional Warfare Paradigm: Conventional warfare approaches often were ineffective when applied to operations other than major combat, forcing leaders to realign the ways and means of achieving effects.

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2012/06/222012/06/22

Marcus Aurelius: Obama Goes After Wedding and Birthday Gift Money

Civil Society, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, Government

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The Obama event registry

By Laura Wilson on June 22, 2012

Got a birthday, anniversary, or wedding coming up?Let your friends know how important this election is to you—register with Obama 2012, and ask for a donation in lieu of a gift. It’s a great way to support the President on your big day. Plus, it’s a gift that we can all appreciate—and goes a lot further than a gravy bowl.

Setting up and sharing your registry page is easy—so get started today.

The actual URL:

http://www.barackobama.com/news/entry/the-obama-event-registry

Phi Beta Iota: We do not make this stuff up.

2012/06/22

The Open Source Everything Manifesto Chapter 6 Whole-Systems Thinking Extract I

Manifesto Extracts

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The evolution of evolution is a transition from unconscious to conscious choice.

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In order for us to live within this finely balanced constellation of complex systems, in order for the Earth to show resilience and last for centuries into the future as an environment for human life, we have to embody three things: a respect for Earth systems and their details in balance; a commitment to discovering and sharing the truth and only the truth at all times about all things; and a commitment to doing no harm.

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No amount of money is going to prvent catastrophe. Absent a commitment in creating a culture of attention and interoperability and information-sharing, we will create our own catastrophes each time we are challenged by what could have been nothing more than a localized disaster.

Review of the Book by Ralph Peters … Manifesto Extracts at Phi Beta Iota … Book Page at Amazon . Book Page at Barnes & Noble . Book Page at McNallyRobinson . Book Page at North Atlantic Books (Publisher) . Book Page at Powell’s Books . Book Page at Random House . Book Page at Super Book Depot

2012/06/21

Penguin: US Intelligence Directive on Counterintelligence and Security

Corruption, Government

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All together now, “shhhhhhhhh!”

http://www.fas.org/irp/dni/icd/icd-700.pdf

Phi Beta Iota: The DNI's staff is taking fluff to new heights–naturally with the best of intentions, but some pretty profound ignorance for that level, as well as neutering in place. There is no security to speak of, anywhere, there is no defensive counterintelligence worthy of the name, and there is assuredly zero offensive counterintelligence. We observe with studied dismay the directive shows no evidence of understanding the fact that defensive counterintelligence and security should be under the same leadership, and that offensive counterintelligence and clandestine operations under the same leadership. There is no opening in all this for getting it right unilaterally, and there appears to be no possibility at all of exploring multinational variations on the theme. DHS, DIA, and SOCOM are all going to screw this up, very expensively, and all those responsible for sustained failure will be long retired before anyone actually itemizes the many expensive ways in which they failed.

2012/06/212016/03/25

Chuck Spinney: Progressives Argue Over Defeating Obama – a Conversation on Email

Civil Society, Commerce, Corruption, Cultural Intelligence, Government

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Most of my liberal friends reluctantly support President Obama's re-election, because the alternative is so much worse. Invariably, they invoke the effects of a Romney presidency on judicial appointments, especially those to the Supreme Court (ironically, Obama's two appointees just voted with the majority to decline to hear the Guantanamo case, if effect, putting another nail in the coffin that is burying habeas corpus). For those few still on the fence, the attached article by one of the President's former law professors provides useful food for thought.

Chuck Spinney

San Remo, Italy

JUNE 20, 2012Obama's Former Law Prof Declares: “Obama has failed the progressive cause.”Why Obama Must be Defeatedby RUSSELL MOKHIBERNot Ralph Nader. Not Amy Goodman. Not Noam Chomsky. Not Chris Hedges. Not Cornel West. Not Alexander Cockburn. Not one of the great left critics in the United States have dared say what Harvard Law School Professor Roberto Unger said last week. “President Obama must be defeated in the coming election.”In 1976, at age 29, Roberto Unger became the youngest tenured professor at Harvard Law School. Obama took two classes from Unger – Jurisprudence and Reinventing Democracy. During the 2008 campaign, Unger was reportedly in frequent contact with candidate Barack Obama via email and Blackberry.But here he is today saying that “President Obama must be defeated in the coming election.”

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2012/06/21

Penguin: Bruce Schneier on US Destabilizing Cyber-Space

Advanced Cyber/IO, Communities of Practice, Corruption, IO Impotency

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Stuxnet cyberattack by US a ‘destabilizing and dangerous' course of action, security expert Bruce Schneier says

Schneier calls Stuxnet ‘mistake' for US, argues world needs to tackle cyber-arms control

By Ellen Messmer

Network World, June 18, 2012

Revelations by The New York Times that President Barack Obama in his role as commander in chief ordered the Stuxnet cyberattack against Iran's uranium-enrichment facility two years ago in cahoots with Israel is generating controversy, with Washington in an uproar over national-security leaks. But the important question is whether this covert action of sabotage against Iran, the first known major cyberattack authorized by a U.S. president, is the right course for the country to take. Are secret cyberattacks helping the U.S. solve geopolitical problems or actually making things worse?

Bruce Schneier, noted security expert and author, whose most recent book is “Liars and Outliers,” argues the U.S. made a mistake with Stuxnet, and he discusses why it's important for the world to tackle cyber-arms control now in an interview with Network World senior editor Ellen Messmer.

SLIDESHOW: Worst data breaches of 2012 — so far

The question is going to be debated whether Stuxnet was a good tactic to stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapon by sabotaging its facility through a malware attack in a covert action that was ultimately discovered. In an interview with Chris Wallace on Fox News last night, former National Security Agency director, retired Gen. Michael Hayden, said he thought it amounted to “taunting Iran.” Based on the mix of military leadership, governmental leadership and ethical questions it raises, is Stuxnet a suitable approach?

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ROBERT STEELE: Bruce Schneier is wrong. This is not something that can be micro-managed. The UN is largely worthless, and so are most international organizatiions (with several being totally toxic). The only solution to cyber-security is going with Open Source Everything.

THE OPEN SOURCE EVERYTHING MANIFESTO – Transparency, Truth, & Trust . . . the meme, the mind-set, and the method