DefDog: IAEA Veteran’s Letter “No Iran Bomb” Being Ignored

I know nothing about the science, but this seems credible–certainly worth considering. World Renown Nuke Expert Nails Bibi to the Wall on Iran Bomb Threat Jim W. Dean EXTRACT (Letter Only, Editorial Hyperbole Detracts) Dear Prime Minister Netanyahu: Iran may be in your red zone, but can not score. Sure, Iran could divert a few …

Chuck Spinney: USG Arrogant Ignorance on Syria

Perhaps the most enduring feature of US foreign policy is a self-righteous sense of divine mission blinds the Orientations of its self-referencing practitioners to the real world consequences of their Decisions, and Actions. Their missionary zeal makes their outlooks impervious to the corrective effects negative feedback from the real world. Put simply, with a few …

Mini-Me: CIA Loses Official Cover Site in Benghazi — No Plan B + RECAP

Huh? Deadly Attack in Libya Was Major Blow to C.I.A. Efforts By ERIC SCHMITT, HELENE COOPER and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT WASHINGTON — The attack in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans has dealt the Central Intelligence Agency a major setback in its intelligence-gathering efforts at a time of increasing …

Mini-Me: Dr. Steve Pieczenik on War in Middle East from 25 September 2012 – Jim Fetzer Reports Plus Interview & Links

Huh? Steve Pieczenik: World War III starts 25 September 2012 by Jim Fetzer Veterans Today, 21 September 2012 Dr. Steve Pieczenik, former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State in three administrations, who earned his Ph.D. at MIT, has revealed that he has been told by a high-ranking general–whom I believe to have been Gen. Richard Myers–that …

Penguin: Global Covert Campaign to Undermine Obama – Who, Exactly, Is Doing What?

Am in Europe where this was brought to my attention.  I don’t know what to think of this.   My local government counterparts are  quite certain that this anti-Islam film was a deliberate and orchestrated affair. We live in a very dangerous time. I hope people will take the right decisions. EDIT:  One of my counterparts …

Marcus Aurelius: CIA Scrambles to Rush Spies and Drones to Libya – Makes Budget Increase Play on the Side

More of the same — never mind that the event is over and CIA has nothing serious to contribute. U.S. Scrambles To Rush Spies, Drones To Libya ArmyTimes.com, September 15, 2012 By Kimberly Dozier, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The U.S. is sending more spies, Marines and drones to Libya, trying to speed the search for …