The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Strike One was posted by Marcus Aurelius, on Petraeus and torture as an option. Here is Strike Two. East-Asia-Intel.com, July 6, 2011 CIA Director-designate Gen. David Petraeus told Congress last week that he is going to focus heavily on cyber threats to U.S. security, a focus that will likely mean greater intelligence-gathering efforts against China, …
I’m told this story is in every newspaper and on television in Afghanistan. Most Afghans believe it to be true. Basically, in spite of the Administration’s posturing, Pakistan would become the governing power in Afghanistan…..The Administration’s statements show a clear lack of understanding about this region…. Pakistan Tells Afghanistan: Expel the Americans ByAhmad K. Majidyar …
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CIA director Leon Panetta is to take over at the Pentagon and Gen. David Petraeus is to be nominated to head the CIA, NBC News confirmed Wednesday. Sources: Petraeus to be nominated to head CIA Agency director Panetta expected to become Defense Secretary, replacing Robert Gates Phi Beta Iota: This is worse than business as …
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Afghanistan: Almost 5,000 Taliban insurgents laid down their weapons or are moving toward doing so, commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan General Petraeus said on 23 March. About 700 former Taliban have officially completed the steps to reintegrate into society, Petraeus said. He said another 2,000 insurgents are taking steps toward reintegration and …
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So much for our COIN strategy. I knew it wouldn’t work because it is a hollow approach. You cannot get to the population living in reinforced garrisons while the rank and file walk the streets. When you are all armored up and travel through a town in vehicles whose drivers pay no attention what is …
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National Intelligence Estimate Failed to Register Taliban Growth Deferring to Petraeus By GARETH PORTER, Counterpunch, 14 February 2011 Despite evidence that the Taliban insurgency had grown significantly in 2010, the U.S. intelligence community failed to revise its estimate for Taliban forces as part of a National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Afghanistan in December. That unusual …
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David Petraeus — Hero Celebrity By Michael Brenner (Senior Fellow, the Center for Transatlantic Relations) – Huffington Post – December 2, 2010 There is one celebrity with the makings of a national hero, someone who has the qualities that might carry him right into the White House. It is David Petraeus. He is almost universally …
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