Chuck Spinney: Drones — Of Idiots, By Idiots, For Idiots + Meta-RECAP

Attached is a really first rate assessment of the real benefits and costs of the American infatuation with drone warfare.  The writer, Patrick Cockburn, is one of the very best reporters now covering the wars in the Middle East and Central Asia. Chuck Spinney Cap Ferat, France America is deluded by its drone-warfare propaganda World View: …

Berto Jongman: Interesting Global Security Links

ANIMATION on the Educational System Attack on Iran a Bad Idea AUDIO:  Prevention of Nuclear Terorrism Beware of Imitators: Al-Qa`ida through the Lens of its Confidential Secretary Book: Little America – the War Within the War for Afghanistan Book: Rethinking the British Counterinsurgency BOOK REVIEW: David Sanger’s Confront & Conceal International Cooperation on Cyber-Security NCTC …

Marcus Aurelius: Jennifer Sims Party Line on Military Clandestine Service with Robert Steele Comment + RECAP

Here we go again…. Why the CIA Is Applauding the Pentagon’s Intelligence Grab Jennifer Sims Foreign Affairs, May 18, 2012 Last month, Director of National Intelligence James Clapper and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta announced the creation of a new U.S. espionage agency: the Defense Clandestine Service, or DCS. DCS is expected to expand the …

Review: Hard Measures – How Aggressive CIA Actions After 9/11 Saved American Lives

Jose Rodriguez and Bill Harlow 3.0 out of 5 stars 5 as Personal Memoir, 1 for Nonsense About “Hard Measures”, May 3, 2012 As a memoir of time in the CIA bureaucracy and occasional righteous deeds in the field, the book is a must read along with a handful of others by former case offices …

Paul Craig Roberts: Washington Leads World Into Lawlessness

Washington Leads World Into Lawlessness The US government pretends to live under the rule of law, to respect human rights, and to provide freedom and democracy to citizens. Washington’s pretense and the stark reality are diametrically opposed. US government officials routinely criticize other governments for being undemocratic and for violating human rights. Yet, no other …