The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Capabilities Of U.S. Intelligence Agencies Questioned Congressional critics have singled out the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) and the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC), established as part of a sweeping intelligence overhaul after the September 11 attacks. “I do not (have), nor do I believe the DNI as currently constructed has, all of …
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Reaper exhibit opens at Air Force museum As a medium-altitude, long-endurance remotely piloted aircraft, the Reaper locates and destroys time-critical and highly mobile targets and provides real-time intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance to military commanders.
Crowds seeking aid in Haiti met with pepper spray and rubber bullets Desperate crowds have overwhelmed peacekeepers trying to deliver aid. The World Food Programme says that Port-au-Prince represents the greatest logistical challenge it has ever faced “They’re not violent, just desperate. They just want to eat,” Fernando Soares, a Brazilian army colonel, said. “The …
Some journalists are observing that the US response to Haiti is starkly representative of the modest change in US emergency Preparedness since Katrina. Here are a few lessons from Haiti: 1. Get eyes on the ground immediately. Do not rely on the media for situational awareness (or the CIA or the Embassy, they are holed …
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CAN HAITI SURVIVE? The United States and many other nations across the globe are sending water, food and troops to benighted Haiti. Charity groups and NGOs from New York to San Francisco are collecting money. The French are calling for a “conference on Haiti’s reconstruction and development.” At least in these first few weeks following …
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Sewage runs, garbage piles up at Haiti quake camps PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) – A child squats to defecate yards away from a sidewalk where women press plantain into bite-sized pieces for frying and a naked toddler plays with a pile of rice on the filthy ground. Nearby, a dead body has been dumped on the street, …
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Attached is an important eyewitness assessment of the current situation in Haiti. It was written by William McNulty, a retired marine who is a volunteer member of Team Rubicon, a self-financed and self-deployed group of former Marines, soldiers and health care professionals currently providing emergency relief in Haiti. McNulty paints a grim picture of condition …
