Journal: Israel Persists on Polard–an Information Operations (IO) Case Study

In Wash Post article on CIA’s Wikileaks TF, passed u/s/c, the following quote closes the piece, “the former high-ranking CIA officer said. “Nobody could carry out enough paper to do what WikiLeaks has done.””  Not sure that’s true.  Open source reporting not long after his trial indicated that Pollard hand carried tremendous volumes of paper …

Who’s Who in Cultural Intelligence: Jon Lebkowsky

Jon’s  bio is under the photo.  He is one of the originals, including a book co-edited with Mitch Ratcliffe (a co-founder of Earth Intelligence Network), Extreme Democracy (Lulu.com, 2004).  Below is his latest update. Irons in the fire: Plutopia Productions projects are on fire… including the Plutopia 2011 event during SXSW and the Plutopia News …

Reference: On WikiLeaks and Government Secrecy + RECAP on Secrecy as Fraud, Waste, & Abuse

People are more likely to lie, exaggerate and distort when they know they won’t be held accountable for what they said, and people like to say what their interlocutors want to hear, says Jordan Stancil. Jordan Stancil Jordan Stancil is a lecturer in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs of the University of …

Journal: Israel, Gaza Blocade, and F-35 Lemon

Consider please the moral implications of concatenating the following events: The Obama administration just humiliated itself by promising to turn over $3 billion in stealth fighters to Israel, supplementing the 20 F-35s it will buy with the $2.75 billion in “grants” it gets from Washington (i.e., and thereby using taxpayer money to save the troubled F-35 …

Journal: Sacred Music from a Time of Peace Among Religions

From Jerusalem to Cordoba Here’s a press release for a performance I’m co-producing with Scoop Sweeney: AUSTIN – Catherine Braslavsky and Joseph Rowe will bring their musical performance, “From Jerusalem to Cordoba,” from Paris to Austin on December 3, 7pm at St. David’s Episcopal Church, Bethell Hall, 301 E. 8th St., Austin, 78701-3280. The performance …