The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Did Air Strikes Do It? No. Andrew Cockburn New York Review of Books, July 12, 2012 In response to: The Dilemma of Madeleine Albright from the June 7, 2012 issue To the Editors: Paul Wilson, in his review of Madeleine Albright’s Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937–1948 [NYR, June 7], sensibly …
Interview with Col. Morris Davis The Moderate Voice, Jan 25th, 2012 While most people weren’t looking, America’s controversial detention facility at Guantanamo Bay turned ten years old a few weeks ago; for some reason, the President didn’t mention this during the State of the Union. I used the occasion of Guantanamo’s birthday party in Washington, …
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When a system is so slosh with money that it does not know what its costs are, it is time to take serious action. But what do you do when no one cares? The US Air Force misreports, even to itself (and to Congress and OSD), the cost to operate and support its own aircraft. …
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[Teeny Tiny Mega-Expensive] Drones Spray, Track the Unwilling in Air Force Plan By Adam Rawnsley WIRED, April 28, 2011 | Here’s how the U.S. Air Force wants to hunt the next generation of its enemies: A tiny drone sneaks up to a suspect, paints him with an unnoticed powder or goo that allows American forces …
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Air Force Rescinds New Guidance on WikiLeaks Secrecy News reported Monday on strange new guidance from the Air Force Materiel Command declaring that Air Force employees and even their family members could be prosecuted under the Espionage Act for accessing the WikiLeaks web site. On Monday night that new guidance was abruptly withdrawn. Lt. Col. …
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SEE ALSO: Journal: Gorgon Stare (All Eyes, No Brain) The American Way of War: If You Can See Everything, Can You Know Anything? With Air Force’s new drone, ‘we can see everything,’ in today’s Washington Post (attached below) is a good example of how the high-cost addiction to techno war is running amok. One thing …
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NightWatch Puzzler. How would US forces use unpiloted aircraft for tactical support in a Korean fight in which the US would not have unchallenged control of the airspace? This is a question raised by Air Force Lt Gen David Deptula, the USAF intelligence chief, in multiple presentations. What would be the fall back resource for …
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