The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Reviewed by BookList Jack Hogan and Buzz Rucci are a couple of buddies in the modern U.S. Navy. They signed up to risk their lives defending their country, but instead they’re risking their sanity playing at war in a series of military maneuvers and preparedness exercises. They are “bathtub admirals,” performing meaningless exercises in the …
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The Terrorist Mind: An Update Despite the lack of a single terrorist profile, researchers have largely agreed on the risk factors for involvement. They include what Jerrold M. Post, a professor of psychiatry, political psychology and international affairs at George Washington University, calls “generational transmission” of extremist beliefs, which begins early in life; a strong …
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CNN Editor’s note: Charles S. Faddis is a retired CIA operations officer and the former head of the CIA’s unit focused on fighting terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction. The author of a recently published book about the CIA, “Beyond Repair,” Faddis is also president of Orion Strategic Services, a Maryland-based consulting firm. Phi Beta …
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Superb From Right of Center–VERY Satisfying Competent Collection January 10, 2010 Melvyn Leffler and Jeffrey Legro Of the three books I bought to explore this particular theme, this was the best by far and the only one to earn five stars. Twelve chapters, twelve authors, not a single runt in this litter. The notes are …
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Al-Badawi states that attack on CIA officials on December 30 was a revenge attack for the death of Baitullah Mehsud From Jihadist Blogger to Suicide Bomber Updated | 4:15 p.m. As my colleague Stephen Farrell reports on Saturday, the Jordanian suicide bomber who killed eight intelligence officers at a C.I.A. base in Afghanistan last month …
This is the Earth Rescue Network from the Earth Intelligence Network, a 501c3 Public Charity, as provided to the U.S. Army Civil Affairs Brigade and others during the information discussions about the need for a global multinational rescue force (changed to network to avoid the military connotation. Worn centered on a gray beret with both …
Contrarian Investor Sees Economic Crash in China by David Barboza Friday, January 8, 2010 James S. Chanos built one of the largest fortunes on Wall Street by foreseeing the collapse of Enron and other highflying companies whose stories were too good to be true. Now Mr. Chanos, a wealthy hedge fund investor, is working to …
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