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2011/10/01

Penguin: Truth Tellers versus Triumph of the Lie

Found this while browing, in comments to Robert Ringer’s Triumph of the Lie, itself worth reading. Doug Casey .. Douglas “Doug” Casey is an American-born free market economist, best-selling financial author, and international investor and entrepreneur. Gerald Celente .. Gerald Celente is an American trend forecaster, publisher of the Trends Journal, business consultant and author …

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2011/09/292011/09/29

Penguin: State Department Implodes Over Book

Sounds like somebody I know. Maybe he got to Hillary in the end? How the State Department Came After Me For telling the truth about what I saw in Iraq. Peter Van Buren Foreign Policy, 29 September 2011 I never intended to create this much trouble. Two years ago I served 12 months in Iraq …

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2011/09/192015/01/17

Penguin: Spotlight on CIA Getting Specifics Wrong

CIA in a microcosm…. THE WRONG MAN After weeks of interrogation, Glenn Carle concluded that the man in front of him was not the al-Qaida terrorist the CIA accused him of being. In a candid new book, he asks what happens when a government allows it fears to compromise its values. Mrgaret Guroff Johns Hopkins …

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2011/09/072011/09/07

Penguin: CIA’s Metamorphis Into the Drone Machine

If you build it, they will come…. CIA’s Push for Drone War Driven by Internal Needs Gareth Porter The World News, 6 September 2011 EXTRACT: The shift in the CIA mission’s has been reflected in the spectacular growth of its Counter-terrorism Center (CTC) from 300 employees in September 2001 to about 2,000 people today – …

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2011/09/02

Penguin: MI5 Former Chief Slams War on Terror

Better late than never. Do I sense people catching up with the emphasis on intelligence with integrity? MI5 former chief decries ‘war on terror’ Lady Eliza Manningham-Buller uses BBC lecture to criticise ‘unhelpful’ term, attack Iraq invasion and suggest al-Qaida talks Richard Norton-Taylor The Guardian, Friday 2 September 2011 Lady Eliza Manningham-Buller, the former head …

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2011/08/26

Penguin: 2nd, 3rd, & 4th Thoughts on Libya

2nd, 3rd, & 4th thoughts the norm…here’s more. Click on headlines to read full originals. William Pfaff on Libya Libya, Egypt, Tunesia: the Arabs did it themselves Absence of direct US presence in Libya enabled rebel momentum. Washington’s allegiance to Israel makes it impotent in Arabia. America now more hates in Egypt, Pakistan, and Afghanistan …

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2011/08/22

Penguin: Mikhail Gorbechev on Why Openness Came First

Fascinating interview. Note the “no plan,” the conversation with Gromyko on change, and why openness had to come first. SPIEGEL Interview with Mikhail Gorbachev ‘They Were Truly Idiots’ In a SPIEGEL interview, Mikhail Gorbachev, 80, discusses the last days of the Soviet Union, his failure to resolve problems with the Communist Party and the ensuing bloodshed …

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