Antechinus: FORENSIS – The Architecture of Public Truth

Forensic Architecture: a research project The research project Forensic Architecture – funded by the European Research Council and hosted by the Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths, University of London – set out to expand the meaning of this term. Through our activities, we have redefined “forensic architecture” as the assessment of spatial evidence and for its …

Chuck Spinney: Marisa Taylor on Criminally Dysfunctional Intelligence and Defense “Whistleblower” System — Screw the Truth, Kill the Messenger

Below is superb piece of reportage by Marisa Taylor of the Washington McClatchy bureau.  By a meticulous compilation of facts, Ms. Taylor has painted a detailed portrait of how this homeostatic control system protects normalcy in bureaucratic cultures.  The only point I would disagree with is her characterization of this system as being “broken.” To my thinking, …

Berto Jongman: Liberia the Hidden Truth — Massive Disinformation About Ebola Harmful to Liberia’s Economy and Society

Liberia: The Hidden Truth About Ebola Helen Epstein The New York Review of Books, 24 October 2014 EXTRACT “The only way the economy can grow is through internal investment and foreign investment,” he explained. “There isn’t much internal investment because people are poor, so as minister, I worked hard to restore investor confidence in this …

Mini-Me: German Mustard Gas Used by Iraq Against Iran Under US Supervision — Is Russian Money Buying the Truth?

Journalist Reveals Iraqis Used German Mustard Gas on Iranians Under US Watch in 1988 MOSCOW, October 22 (RIA Novosti) – A prominent German journalist, Udo Ulfkotte, has revealed that Iraqis, guided by the United States, used German mustard gas against Iranian soldiers in 1988. . . . . . . . The mustard gas was …

Berto Jongman: Obama (and Hagel, Clapper, Vickers) Forced General Flynn Out for Telling the Truth

Former CIA Director: Obama Forced Out Intel Chief Who Warned About Weak Iraqi Army Wednesday on Newsmax TV’s “The Steve Malzberg Show,” President Bill Clinton’s former director of the CIA James Woolsey said President Barack Obama’s attempt to blame poor intelligence is getting “less and less true” as he pointed to the forced resignation of …