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Anthony Judge: Circumventing Invasive Internet Surveillance with Carrier Pigeons

Circumventing Invasive Internet Surveillance with Carrier Pigeons Rewilding the endangered world wide web of avian migration pathways Introduction Recognized competence of carrier pigeons Demonstrated non-military messaging capacity of carrier pigeons Demonstrated non-messaging capacity of carrier pigeons Demonstrated military capacity of carrier pigeons Assessment of viability of data transfer by carrier pigeons Personal and social implications …

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Marcus Aurelius: Time for US to Get Serious About Setting Everyone Else “Ablaze”? — Sun Tzu Comment

Two articles follow:  one posits a seemingly global anti-US opposition, an Anti-American Network (AAN), and the other posits that political warfare is the answer to the Middle East portion of the problem.  IMHO, both are worth considering.  Further believe that, with respect to Boot & Doran’s approach, (a) coverage needs expansion to cover all the opponents Hirsch posits …

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Neal Rauhauser: Turkey – Iran – Saudi Arabia in Conflict

Today’s Tripolar Power Struggle A few days ago I came across a map as part of research intended to expand the current Shia/Sunni labels applied to the Syrian conflict into the regional actors that fuel it. Egypt was given a prominent role that likely dated back to thinking about the United Arab Republic, formed early on …

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David Swanson: A Manifesto on the Fraudulent Sequester and “Optional” Laws

  Sequester Optionally Applied Only to Good Things Spending cuts have been applied by Congress to both military and non-military spending. In my view, the military cuts are much too small and the non-military cuts should not exist at all.  In the view of most liberal organizations, the military cuts — like the military spending …

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Search: management, integration, and oversight of intelligence collection and covert action

Here is the original post of the document and our critique. Reference: Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) Number 300: Management, Integration, and Oversight of Intelligence Collection and Covert Action Since then the position of the ADDNI/OS has been abolished, the long-standing director of the OSC that did so much damage in his ignorance and arrogance has …

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David Swanson: Lisa Savage on Afghanistan Myths & Reality — 20 More Years

Afghanistan Drawdown, 20 More Years Of War By lisa savage – Posted on 23 May 2013 In order to reduce the number of boots on the ground in Afghanistan, the Pentagon asked Congress for $9.6 billion of its allowance to be moved from one budget line to another. They asked permission to shift funds away …

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