Worth a Look: Books on Government Secrecy

Government Secrecy Susan Maret, Contributing Editor Emerald Group, January 2011 $164.95 shipping within 2-3 weeks Government secrecy (GS) is a significant social, political, and policy issue and often presents as a barrier to civic participation, public right-to-know, historical understanding, and institutional accountability. This volume examines GS in a variety of contexts, including comparative examination of …

US Slow Burn in Pakistan….and DOA Elsewhere…

The Deepening Mystery of Raymond Davis and Two Slain Pakistani Motorcyclists Counterpunch establishes that he is not a diplomat–probably a contractor, or CIA standards for non-official cover officers no longer exist.  US Government party line is deceptive. See Also: CIA-ISI ties plunges to all time low hitting US drone strikes PPP to sack Wahab for …

Identifying & Structuring Terrorist Objectives

REPORT (PDF 27 Pages) Identifying and Structuring the Objectives of Terrorists by Gregory L. Keeney and Detlof von Winterfeldt Center for Risk and Economic Analysis of Terrorism Events, August 2009 Phi Beta Iota: The report is interesting, and provides a useful methodology for approaching the relationship between intangible values and tangible manifestations, but it has …

Rules for Governing Cyber-Conflict

First Joint Russian-U.S. report on Cyber Conflict The EastWest Institute released the first joint Russian-American report aimed at defining the “rules of the road” for cyber conflict.  Prepared by a team of Russian and U.S. experts convened by EWI, Working Towards Rules for Governing Cyber Conflict: Rendering the Geneva and Hague Conventions in Cyberspace explores …