The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Dealing With Assange and the Secrets He Spilled By BILL KELLER The New York Times, January 26, 2011 Bill Keller is the executive editor of The New York Times. This essay is adapted from his introduction to “Open Secrets: WikiLeaks, War and American Diplomacy: Complete and Expanded Coverage from The New York Times,” an ebook …
It’s a good think Ike is dead… else he would realize his nightmare survived. Chuck Newsday January 13, 2011 Pg. 34 The Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex Eisenhower warned against the influence of arms production, but did we listen? By Bob Keeler EXTRACT: Now, the deficit has caused some unexpected voices to say, ever so softly, that everything …
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William Hartung Final Review: Boring, Limited, Not for General Audience January 3, 2011 After reading this book, which I found to be extremely boring, I have to give Pierre Sprey very high marks for his substantive contributions to the C-SPAN Book interview of the author. My summary of that interview is therefore an important part …
The Pentagon likes to refer to combat euphemistically as “kinetic” activity. This very important report documents the truly impressive advances in battlefield medicine in Afghanistan to cope with the kinetic activity that hurts our troops. The bottom line: the ratio of killed to wounded has decreased at an amazing rate, because many troop suffering from …
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“American soft power is vanishing” by jonl on January 6, 2011 Bruce Sterling and I are well into our annual State of the World conversation over on the WELL. Bruce, who’s traveled the world all his life and has been in unique situations (like his travels through Russia and Eastern Europe after the fall of …
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30 December 2010 Cyber-sabotage and espionage top 2011 security fears (BBC) The WikiLeaks War on America (Commentary) The Dark Side of Wikileaks (Atlanta Post) Assange: I’ll reveal info that will spark Arab world coups (YNETNews) Assange: Many Arab Officials Work With CIA (CBSNews) WikiLeaks founder vows to release all files in case of death or …
Nicaragua Government Took Bribes From Drug Traffickers, Cable Says December 9, 2010 Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega’s government accepts bribes from drug traffickers, harbors terrorists and attempts to endear itself to Iran, according to leaked U.S. diplomatic cables. By Samuel Rubenfeld U.S. diplomats accused Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega’s government of taking bribes from drug traffickers in …
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