The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Below are listed recurring authors. One-time authors are easily searched for by name. Alias & Collective 4TH MEDIA – Anti-Empire Tough Love Truths from Varied Contributors BOOP, Betty – Serving Male Officer with Sense of Humor BUCKY 2.0 – Dave Buck, Robert Steele, Frank Wennin, Alan Yelsey and Others DEFDOG – Serving Officer and Closet …
CLOSE AIR SUPPORT WITH AND WITHOUT THE A-10 — WILL US TROOPS GET THE HELP THEY NEED? A Seminar on Supporting US Ground Forces in Combat, Fighting Effectively in Future Wars, and Acquiring Effective Hardware at Affordable Prices Sponsored by the Straus Military Reform Project and the Project On Government Oversight Time: Friday, November 22, …
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Andrew Cockburn’s essay in The Pentagon Labyrinth is titled “Follow the Money.” There are a lot of people who will say that is an undignified way to assess America’s national security apparatus; they might even say that Cockburn’s focus is cynical. I would personally venture to guess that a disproportionate number of those saying so are …
Tom Christie spent almost 50 years inside the DOD acquisition apparatus, concluding his career as a top level civilian professional directing DOD’s office of Operational Test and Evaluation. Since the 1960s, he has seen every single stab at reforming how we develop and buy weapons come and go – and fail. Today, as measured by …
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This Saturday and Sunday (at 9:00 and 9:30, respectively) C-SPAN’s Book TV will run a discussion by three of the authors of The Pentagon Labyrinth: 10 Short Essays to Help You Through It. The presentations and Q and A will give you insights on how our weapons are designed to perform poorly in actual combat …
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The Hill The defense budget: Ignorance is not bliss By Winslow T. Wheeler – 03/09/11 11:56 AM ET Polling from Pew and Gallup reveals major public misconceptions about the defense budget. Fifty-eight percent of Americans know that Pentagon spending is larger than any other nation, but almost none know it is up to seven times …
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