The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
The Costs And Benefits Of The NSA The data-collection debate we need to have is not about civil liberties. By Reuel Marc Gerecht Weekly Standard, June 24, 2013 Should Americans fear the possible abuse of the intercept power of the National Security Agency at Fort Meade, Maryland? Absolutely. In the midst of the unfolding scandal …
Americans Must Call for Independent Counsel and Ouster of Clapper (Forbes) Fire James Clapper: The Director of National Intelligence lied to Congress about NSA surveillance. What else will he lie about? (Slate) James Clapper, NSA and the “L” word (Washington Post) James Clapper Reassures Private Contractors In Wake Of NSA Leak (Huffington Post) N.S.A. Disclosures …
Nobody does this. It is precisely what the Director of OMB should be demanding, and it is precisely what the Open Source Agency (OSA) would do if the corrupt powers that be were not so set against anything that provides the truth on every threat, every policy, every demographic, in a coherent holistic manner with …
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I’ve been watching three areas the past few months: 01 Afghanistan and the non-existent exit strategy 02 NSA and the implosion of accountability in the US IC 03 Veteran suicides, active duty sexual assaults, and “the German disease” From where I sit, the senior leadership across the national security community and deep into every corner …
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OSC (CIA Open Source Center) does not do Open Source Intelligence (OSINT). It does OSIF (Open Source Information) and then compounds that inadequacy by classifying what it does produce. Its outreach, as with outreach across the US national security archipelago, is trivial to the point of being unprofessional. To better understand the persistent inadequacies of …
Congress Smashes Pentagon’s New Den of Spies By Noah Shachtman WIRED Danger Room 05.21.13 7:29 PM If the Pentagon’s not careful, it’s going to find its new network of spies rolled up by Congress. The Defense Clandestine Service was supposed to be the Defense Department’s new squad for conducting “human intelligence” — classic, informant-based spying. …
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