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Boston Globe
August 5, 2009

By Bob Edgar and Bill Goodfellow

BY THREATENING to veto the defense appropriations bill if it included money for more F-22 stealth fighter planes, President Obama signaled that he was going to put an end to the way business has been done in Washington. We applaud the president?s announcement, but so far it is more symbolic than real.

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2009/08/062009/08/22

Journal: Chuck Spinney Flags Jeff Madrick on Greed and Corruption in Form of Economic “Rents” in Form of Massive Unwarranted Bonuses and Salaries Among Wall Street, Federal Reserve, and Revolving Department of Defense Leaders

Budgets & Funding, Commerce, Commercial Intelligence, Military

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In the attached essay, my friend Jeff Madrick uses the unbridled greed of the finance industry (now trying to rescue itself from its own excesses by sucking at the government teat) to highlight the basic hypocrisy in the so-called free-market economy of go-go capitalism. Jeff summarizes the results of two recent mainstream economic studies which show the egregious bonuses in the finance industry are simply the fruits of unfair economic privilege. To economists, this privilege takes the form of obscene economic “rents” — i.e., the excessive revenues and inefficiencies that competition is supposed to eliminate under the capitalist theory (ideology) of free markets.

2009/08/052009/08/06

Law Enforcement Editor: David Jimenez

Authors & Editors

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David Jimenez holds an A.A.S. in Intelligence and Imagery Analysis from the Community College of the Air Force, a B.S. in Management and Human Resources from Park College, and an M.A. in Human Resource Development from Webster University. A United States Air Force retiree, Mr. Jimenez was awarded the Distinguished Meritorious Medal, several Air Force Meritorious Service Medals, and three Air Force Commendation medals. He is the recipient of a 2002 Golden Candle Award from Open Source Solutions Network (OSS.Net) for 21st Century Emerging Leadership (for hosting the Intelligence, Security, & Terrorism Conference (IST), 2002, attended by 400 individuals from law enforcement, government, military, security, business, and first responders).

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2009/08/052009/08/31

Graphic: Two Wings, Same Bird

Political

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This is the theme that is spreading across America. It has always been understood by Ralph Nader and third party movements, but only recently, with the publication of the following books, has it taken hold:

Grand Illusion: The Myth of Voter Choice in a Two-Party Tyranny

2008 ELECTION 2008: Lipstick on the Pig

Running on Empty: How the Democratic and Republican Parties Are Bankrupting Our Future and What Americans Can Do About It (Paperback)

Declaring Independence: The Beginning of the End of the Two-Party System

There are many, many more books, most focusing on the positive that can be achieved oncee we eliminate the two-party tyranny that sold out to the recipients of taxpayer funds rathet than honoring their Oaths of Office. The coming together of Ron Paul and Ralph Nader to endorse the first book listed above should be followed soon by the coming together of Cynthia McKinney and Jackie Salit. Independents now outnumber staunch Democrats and Republicans combined.

2009/08/052009/08/06

Journal: Human Intel Or Technical Intel?

Methods & Process, Military, Peace Intelligence

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DoDBuzz,com
August 5, 2009

Human Intel Or Technical Intel?

By Greg Grant

Some of the leading doyens of the Washington national security set recently returned from Afghanistan where they were part of new Afghan commander Gen. Stanley McChrystal’s strategy review. CSIS’s Anthony Cordesman reported back last week with a generally pessimistic take on the state of affairs on that front.

One point Cordesman made in his briefing to Washington reporters really jumped out: the surprisingly poor intelligence we have on the enemy. How is it that eight years into this war we don’t have better intelligence on exactly who we’re fighting?

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2009/08/052009/08/07

Books: Intelligence for Peace (PKI Book Two) Finalizing

Books w/Steele, Peace Intelligence

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INTELLIGENCE for PEACE: Multinational, Multifunctional Information-Sharing and Sense-Making, edited by Col Jan-Inge Svensson, SE (Ret), the foremost authority and educator on peace intelligence and the use of unclassified decisions support, goes to the printer on or about 1 December 2009.

This is the sequel to PEACEKEEPING INTELLIGENCE: Emerging Concepts for the Future.

Anyone wishing to contribute to this book, now tentatively scheduled to go to the printer on 1 December, must contact Col Svensson at the Folke Bernadotte Academy. Ideally, submit to him a one page overview of the proposed piece, which must address practical concepts, doctrines, tactics, tools, and produres relevant to peace intelligence. This book is intended to be the interim handbook for the United Nations Open-Source Decision-Support Information Network (UNODIN), a global grid that incorporates the Joint Military Analysis Centers (JMAC) and Joint Operations Centers (JOC), but does all that the Brahimi Report recommended, and more.

Over 35 peices are now in hand and being weeded down, in many cases simply being shortened with an easy link to the longer online version. As with all OSS/EIN books, the book–and in this case–additional supporting materials–will be easily available online at www.oss.net/Peace.

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2009/08/052009/08/06