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Worth a Look: Books on Government Secrecy

Government Secrecy Susan Maret, Contributing Editor Emerald Group, January 2011 $164.95 shipping within 2-3 weeks Government secrecy (GS) is a significant social, political, and policy issue and often presents as a barrier to civic participation, public right-to-know, historical understanding, and institutional accountability. This volume examines GS in a variety of contexts, including comparative examination of …

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O3b Satellite Broadband — Google Cell Play?

O3b Networks delivers broadband connectivity everywhere on Earth within 45 degrees of latitude north and south of the equator. Our vast coverage area includes emerging and insufficiently connected markets in Latin America, Africa, the Middle East, Asia and Australia, with a collective population of over 3 billion people. SatMagazine 2010 Year In Review on O3b …

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How Neocon Central Worked for Muammar Qadhafi

Among Libya’s lobbyists Laura Rozen, Politico, 21 February 2011 As several Libyan diplomats Monday denounced their country’s four-decade ruler Col. Muammar Qadhafi for unleashing the army against anti-government protesters, U.S. consultancies that have worked to burnish Libya’s and Qadhafi’s U.S. image were laying low. Several consulting, law and lobbying firms have moved in to advise the …

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Review–Secrets of the Cold War: US Army Europe’s Intelligence and Counterintelligence Activities Against the Soviets During the Cold War

Leland C. McCaslin Superb Ground-level View, Less So On Context February 23, 2011 As a former direct report to John Guenther, who served along the same lines for many years in Marine Corps counterintelligence in Europe and elsewhere, I have to admire what this author has done and certainly agree that it is useful and …

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Review: How to Run the World–Charting a Course to the Next Renaissance

Parag Khanna Extraordinary Personal Effort, Constrained by Publisher February 21, 2011 I received a copy of this book at my request from the author himself (I am unemployed, and globally available). I gave the author’s first book, The Second World: How Emerging Powers Are Redefining Global Competition in the Twenty-first Century, a five star leaning …

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