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2011/02/142011/02/16

US Intelligence Lies to “Defer” to General Petraeus

National Intelligence Estimate Failed to Register Taliban Growth Deferring to Petraeus By GARETH PORTER, Counterpunch, 14 February 2011 Despite evidence that the Taliban insurgency had grown significantly in 2010, the U.S. intelligence community failed to revise its estimate for Taliban forces as part of a National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Afghanistan in December. That unusual …

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2011/02/132011/02/13

Burning Man Fires Up North Africa…

Tunisia: ‘I have lost my son, but I am proud of what he did’ The mother of the street vendor who set himself on fire, and triggered protests across North Africa, talks to Kim Sengupta The street vendor who set himself alight, sparking an uprising which swept away 23 years of dictatorship in Tunisia and …

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2011/02/102011/02/10

Search (2): osint clarity; osint + clarity

Two different things. This entire website is about OSINT and its follow-on, M4IS2. On OSINT as a first stop: OSINT Starting Point See Also: Original BASIC Table and Original COMMUNITIES Table Both of the latter have been superceded by this web site, which is the new portal for OSINT and M4IS2. On Clarity as a …

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2011/02/092011/02/15

USA National Military Strategy 2011 + RECAP

Tip of the Hat to Contributing Editor Marcus Aurelius. Comments below the line

2011/02/09

Autarky is Dead–Dependency is Good

Autarky is dead Self sufficiency appears to be a worthy goal, but it’s now impossible if you want to actually get anything done. All our productivity, leverage and insight comes from being part of a community, not apart from it. The goal, I think, is to figure out how to become more dependent, not less. …

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2011/02/082011/02/08

Why Boeing is Imploding–Spinney, Sprey, & Reality vs Political Engineering & Government Spec Cost Plus

Below are three separate contributions: Spinney on Sprey; Sprey on Boeing; and Seattle Times on Boeing. CHUCK SPINNEY SOUNDS OFF President Obama says that restoring America’s competitiveness is one of his top priorities. Yet under his watch, deindustrialization, financialization, and globalization continue without interruption. Many advocates of defense spending argue that spinoffs from the Pentagon’s …

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2011/02/07

Report Casts Doubt on Taliban’s Ties With Al Qaeda

N.Y.U. Report Casts Doubt on Taliban’s Ties With Al Qaeda By CARLOTTA GALL Published: February 6, 2011 KABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan Taliban have been wrongly perceived as close ideological allies of Al Qaeda, and they could be persuaded to renounce the global terrorist group, according to a report to be published Monday by New …

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