Review (Guest): Westmoreland – The General Who Lost Vietnam – Includes Second Review With Contextual Detail on Failure of Intelligence (Including Soviets Owning US Crypto)

Lewis Sorley A Man Promoted Above his Ability September 12, 2011 By Hrafnkell Haraldsson VINE™ VOICE I grew up during the Vietnam War. I was seven years old when General William Westmoreland was sent to Vietnam by LBJ to take charge of things there. I was eleven when he lost his job and by then, …

Mini-Me: Agents of Religion – Religion of Agents

Huh? AGENTS OF RELIGION-RELIGION OF AGENTS (Vol. I): THE INFLUENCE OF FAITH IN THE INTELLIGENCE SERVICES Zhyldyz Oskonbaeva (RIEAS Senior Advisor & Eurasian Liaison) NEWSLETTER Issue #5 – May 2012 (Mediterranean Council for Intelligence Studies) The more followers you have, the stronger is their belief in you. The more believers you have, the greater your …

DefDog: Afghan Solider Shoots NATO Soldier, US/NATO “Disingenious”

This line is completely disingenuous…..shows the lack of knowledge of the Afghan people…… Afghan Special Forces Soldier Shoots US Mentor It follows another shooting incident earlier this week By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff newser, Apr 27, 2012 A member of Afghanistan’s elite special forces—a group that is supposed to be rigorously vetted—shot and killed an …

Patrick Meier: On Rumors, Repression and Digital Disruption in China: Opening Pandora’s Inbox of Truthiness?

On Rumors, Repression and Digital Disruption in China: Opening Pandora’s Inbox of Truthiness? The Economist recently published a brilliant piece on China entitled: “The Power of Microblogs: Zombie Followers and Fake Re-Tweets.” BBC News followed with an equally excellent article: “Damaging Coup Rumors Ricochet Across China.” Combined, these articles reveal just how profound the digital disruption …

Mini-Me: Toulouse Terrorist Worked for French Intelligence

Huh? Intel ‘Sources’ Claim Toulouse Terrorist Worked for French Intelligence Milan IL FOGLIO.it in Italian 23 Mar 12 [Report by Daniele Raineri: “The French Al-Qa’ida Murderer Is an Intelligence Operation That Went Wrong”] The young French Al-Qa’ida member who has been slaying soldiers and Jews in the Toulouse area was a French intelligence services operation …