The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Renewed instability in global food markets requires urgent response, UN expert said An independent United Nations human rights expert today called on governments and the international community to promptly tackle the renewed instability of global food markets, noting the related social unrest that has hit some countries in recent weeks. Tip of the Hat to …
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This graphic was created for a lecture to Eastern European Parliamentarians at the George C. Marshall Center in the mid-tolate 1990’s. Many understood back then that the Department of Defense (DoD) was the only element of the U.S. Government (USG) capable of serving as a hub or backbone for USG Whole of Government and dynamic …
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Iraq: Time to Ring the Bell by Howard P. Hart 27 August 2010 Many years ago I attended a series of Headquarters briefings for out-going CIA Chiefs of Station. Our main speaker was Richard Helms, then the Agency’s Director and one of the lions of American foreign policy in the 1960’s and 70’s. A man …
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Although the search produces a number of hits, including Graphic: OSINT Competing Models, it misses Graphic: OSINT Two Views as well as some larger references because OSINT is out and M4IS2 (Multinational, Multiagency, Multidisciplinary, Multidomain Information-Sharing and Sense-Making is new new meme in town, originating with the Swedish military and specifically Col Jan-Inge Svensson and …
A few thoughts: 1) Information-sharing and sense-making is “root” for multinational operations. 2) Education, intelligence, and research must all be open and multinational in nature. 3) Peaceful preventive measures rooted in open education and intelligence are the foundation. 4) Precision covert and clandestine multinational operations are the intermediate capability. 5) Hybrid operations by all eight …
We really appreciate searches as pointers, especially so now that we have had to turn off comments to avoid hijacking by Russian spammers. This is an inspiring search, here are a few links it led us to. Wikipedia on Quantum Information (see excellent table of links) QIP 2010 – 13th Workshop on Quantum Information Processing …
Core selection, not a substitute for the master works August 28, 2010 Bernadette McDonald and Douglas Jehl (editors) Published by the National Geographic in 2003, this is an edited work with several but not all of the greats brought together. The short pieces are a fine collage for undergraduate reading and discussion but the book …
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