The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
SECRECY NEWS from the FAS Project on Government Secrecy Volume 2011, Issue No. 72 July 29, 2011 Secrecy News Blog ** HANDLING OF DRAKE LEAK CASE WAS “UNCONSCIONABLE,” COURT SAID The government’s treatment of former National Security Agency official Thomas Drake was abusive and akin to acts of British tyranny in pre-Revolutionary War days, said …
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ACLU: CONGRESS MUST ACT TO CURB SECRECY “Congress must take the lead in challenging the laws and practices that have allowed excessive secrecy to become the dominant feature of our national security culture,” the American Civil Liberties Union urged in a new report on government secrecy. “The excessive secrecy that hides how the government pursues …
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Hamilton Bean 5.0 out of 5 stars Spectacular Integrative and Pioneering Work, July 27, 2011 This is a pioneering work that not only explains the true worth of open source intelligence, but also illuminates the institutional bias against it and the pathologies of a culture of secrecy. The use of primary data from interviews makes …
SHORT URL for this Post: http://www.tinyurl.com/DrakeWins Settlement Reached in Thomas Drake “Leak” Case June 10th, 2011 by Steven Aftergood In a whirlwind conclusion to the prosecution of former National Security Agency official Thomas A. Drake, Mr. Drake agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of “exceeding authorized use of a computer.” Prosecutors were unable …
SECRECY NEWS Bin Laden’s Death: Implications and Considerations (CRS) May 6th, 2011 by Steven Aftergood The broad implications of the death of Osama bin Laden were discussed in a new report from the Congressional Research Service. The report does not contain any new factual information or much in the way of new analysis. Rather, it …
Sweet: per CBO’s numbers, the epic budget showdown didn’t even produce enough cuts to pay for a week of bombing Libya. Six Days of Odyssey Dawn (Libya) Cost $400 Million March 30th, 2011 by Steven Aftergood The first six days of Odyssey Dawn, the US war in Libya, cost an estimated $400 million, according to …
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Patrick G. Eddington (Author) 6+ Deep Moral Practical Look at Loss of Integrity Across US National Security February 28, 2011 FINAL REVIEW It is difficult for any intelligence book to make it to my 6+ category, or top ten percent. What brings this book to the very top of the heap is the skillful weaving …
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