The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Social networking is not just for the MySpace generation. Intelligence agencies are adopting a controversial new technique to identify terrorist masterminds By Steve Connor, Science Editor Wednesday, 19 August 2009 Intelligence agencies are building up a Facebook-style databank of international terrorists in order to sift through it with complex computer programs aimed at identifying key …
Some say security fears are counterproductive By Bryan Bender WASHINGTON – Melting ice caps. Drought. Spreading disease. US defense planners view global climate change as a national security threat because it could create millions of new refugees and intensify conflicts over resources. . . . . . . . A new debate is unfolding over …
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By ANDREW POLLACK Published: August 17, 2009 Scientists in Israel have demonstrated that it is possible to fabricate DNA evidence, undermining the credibility of what has been considered the gold standard of proof in criminal cases. . . . . . . . Tania Simoncelli, science adviser to the American Civil Liberties Union, said the …
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Changes to the Earth that used to take 10,000 years now take three years. This has led to a very strong interest in “real-time science.” At the same time, as the information society matures, we are seeing demands for government information (paid for by the taxpayer) to be made available in real-time. Census results that …
LiveScience.com livescience Staff livescience.com – Wed Aug 12, 3:03 pm ET By now, we’ve all heard that high-fat diets are bad for our health in the long run. But what about the short-term? A new study on rats finds that 10 days of eating a high-fat diet caused short-term memory loss and made exercise difficult. While the finding may …
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Tip of the Hat to Bruce Schneier August 11, 2009 An Ethical Code for Intelligence Officers August’s Communications of the ACM has an interesting article: “An Ethics Code for U.S. Intelligence Officers,” by former NSAers Brian Snow and Clint Brooks. The article is behind a paywall, but here’s the code: Draft Statement of Ethics for …
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We note with special interest the importance of informal trust networks that are by, with, of, and BEYOND all bureaucratic entities.
