The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Military Superiority Fading, Analyst Says ‘Pax Americana’ yields to Asia By Tom LoBianco, November 19, 2009 >Pg. 10 Phi Beta Iota: The tragedy of this story is that the military-industrial-congressional complex continues to be in denial about the changing nature of power in the Information Operations (IO) era. Alvin Toffler first captured the information or …
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Hot Topics AA: Caucasus and Balkans, Karabakh and Bosnia 11/14/09 AA: Age of cyber warfare is ‘dawning’ 11/17/09 AA: Ankara, Baku need to stand together against outside forces 11/13/09 AA: France And Turkey: With Or Without The EU? 11/15/09 AA: Report: Missing Iranian general kidnapped to Israel 11/14/09 AA: Trial of Gay Spy Threatens to …
U.S. Struggles with ‘Electronic Fratricide’ in Afghanistan November 17, 2009, Nathan Hodge In Afghanistan, western militaries use radio frequency jammers to keep troops safe from remotely-detonated bombs. But those jammers and other gadgets have contributed to a “pollution” of the airwaves so severe that over 200 systems at Afghanistan’s main air base can’t talk to …
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Settling An Intelligence Turf War By Walter Pincus Washington Post November 17, 2009 Pg. 29 Early last week, several long-festering bureaucratic issues that had arisen between Director of National Intelligence Dennis C. Blair and CIA Director Leon Panetta had to be settled by national security adviser James L. Jones, through some Solomon-like decisions.
What If We Fail in Afghanistan? Steve Coll The New Yorker November 16, 2009 What would be the consequences of a second Islamic Emirate? My scenarios here are intended analytically, as a first-draft straw-man forecast: The Nineties Afghan Civil War on Steroids Momentum for a Taliban Revolution in Pakistan Increased Islamist Violence Against India, Increasing …
A guide to who gets whacked Andy Barr, Jonathan Martin – Tue Nov 17 Sarah Palin may claim to scorn elites, but her new book will ring familiar to its Beltway readership. Getting even with those who crossed her, praising her allies and generally putting a self-serving sheen on last year’s presidential campaign, “Going Rogue” is typical …
Corruption threatens global economic recovery, greatly challenges countries in conflict Berlin, 17 November 2009 As the world economy begins to register a tentative recovery and some nations continue to wrestle with ongoing conflict and insecurity, it is clear that no region of the world is immune to the perils of corruption, according to Transparency International’s …
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