The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Defense News August 23, 2010 Experts: DoD Could Have Prevented WikiLeaks Leak By William Matthews While senior Pentagon officials resort to bluster in hopes of preventing the WikiLeaks website from posting any more secret Afghan war documents on the Internet, security experts say there is a lot the U.S. military could have done to prevent …
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WikiLeaks to shift base to friendly Sweden STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Aug. 15 (UPI) — The founder of WikiLeaks says he will seek a publishing license for his controversial operation in Sweden where whistleblower protections are strong. Phi Beta Iota: The Nordic nations have consistently been “smarter” and more ethical than the US and all others. Wikileaks …
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(COMMENT: Really too bad that individuals like this are entitled to Constitutional protections… If he in fact compromised assets, as I have read in open press, they will be lucky if all the Taliban does is shoot them.) Washington Post August 14, 2010 Pg. 2 Army Analyst Celebrated As Antiwar Hero Many rally to soldier’s …
COSTS OF MAJOR U.S. WARS COMPARED More than a trillion dollars has been appropriated since September 11, 2001 for U.S. military operations in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewhere. This makes the “war on terrorism” the most costly of any military engagement in U.S. history in absolute terms or, if correcting for inflation, the second most expensive …
War on whistle-blowers intensifies By Glenn Greenwald for Salon.com AP Photo/Charles Dharapak In this March 19, 2010, file photo, President Barack Obama speaks at the Patriot Center at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va. The Obama administration’s war on whistleblowers — whose disclosures are one of the very few remaining avenues for learning what our …
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Thanks to Steven Aftergood & Secrecy News for the heads up on the new book The Iraq Papers. Secrecy News’ email newsletter describes it this way: An extensive compilation of official documents, policy advocacy statements, and assorted commentary on the U.S. decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003 is presented in “The Iraq …
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Admin Threatens Veto Over GAO Role in Intel Oversight March 17th, 2010 by Steven Aftergood One of the simplest, most effective ways to strengthen congressional oversight of intelligence would be for Congress to make increased use of specially cleared investigators from the Government Accountability Office. This is such a straightforward step towards improving oversight that …
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