Neal Rauhauser: Syria, Regional War, The Only Red Line That Matters + Syria Meta-RECAP

The Only Red Line That Matters Conclusion: Here are what I hope are a fairly complete laundry list of the issues: NATO member Greece has collapsed, triggering regional banking meltdown concerns Banks of Cyprus collapsed, Russian offshore banking haven taken out by Greek troubles Russian ally Assad’s Syria is failing, loss of Tartus would exclude …

Chuck Spinney: Wanna Bomb Iran?: No Worries — Think Fukushima X 10 — Good-Bye Dubai, End of Gulf States — With Compelling Graphics

It is a brutal fact that no country benefited more from war during in the 2oth Century than the United States. World War I enriched and invigorated the US economy, and the self destruction of the 19th Century European state system left the US as the world’s mightiest industrial power.  World War II ended the …

Jim Dean: Syria — Deception & Disaster — Time for Truth or Consequences

Syria – Deception and Cover for Disaster US  sinking down into the Syrian quicksand “…I think it [intervention] is a mistake in Syria, even if we had intervened more significantly a year or six months ago. We overestimate our ability to determine outcomes.”  …former Secretary of Defence, Robert Gates America sank down another foot this …

Berto Jongman: Syrian Electronic Army Does Hard Cyber (Kinetic Effect) Attack on Israel — or Russia Being Clever? Or Both?

Syrian Electronic Army Hacks Israel’s Main Infrastructure Control System (SCADA) Submitted by siavash on Wed, 05/08/2013 – 16:53 Cyberwarzone The Syrian Electronic Army (SEA) launched a successful cyberattack on the main infrastructure system of Haifa, one of the most important ports in Israel, disrupting the operation of the servers in charge of urban management systems …

Stephen E. Arnold: Because Tweets Are Not Always the Truth

Because Tweets Are Not Always the Truth Posted: 03 May 2013 04:41 PM PDT Can emerging technologies aid in filtering out the untrusted and unverified chattering of the masses? Using the recent Boston Marathon bombings as an example where this kind of technology would be useful, the MIT Technology Review article “Preventing Misinformation from Spreading …

GIGANET: World Wide Web Integrity Index — Call for Consultants

Call for Consultants to lead and review research on the Web’s use, utility and impact in 80 countries, contributing to the 2013 Web Index. http://globalintegrity.org/blog/web-index-hiring — Who We Are Looking For:  Professionals from the fields of journalism, non-governmental organization, academia and the private sector with proven record in performing high-quality interviews and desk research, meeting …

NATO OSINT to OSE/M4IS2 Round-Up 2.0

SHORT-CUT: http://tinyurl.com/NATO-OSE 2015-2016 NATO Strategic Foresight Wrap-Up NATO Innovation Hub Strategic Foresight Report Answers: Steele for NATO Strategic Foresight Berto Jongman: Will US Collapse Soon? Robert Steele: Should EU Be Thinking About Post-US NATO? 2013 2013 BGen James Cox, CA (Ret) On the Record on Open Source Information versus Open Source Intelligence versus Secret Intelligence …