The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
An Utterly Superb Intellectual Contribution–a Major New Reference January 10, 2010 David Cortright This book is a gift to humanity, a foundational reference of such extraorindary value that I earnestly believe it should be required reading for every single liberal arts program in the world, and used as a core book in all graduate international …
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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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Phi Beta Iota: Tell us again why it takes ten days for a Dari translation of a captured document? This is OLD technology. 2 megapixels is not great, 4 would be safe, but the point is that there is absolutely no reason why we cannot be doing real-time Dari translations from the field, both of …
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UPDATE: Journal: CIA’s Poor Tradecraft AND Poor Management UPDATE: Bomber was Jordanian doctor & Jordanian intelligence asset Phi Beta Iota: This keeps getting worse. We wonder if CIA contractors get stars on the wall–4 employees including the one who was over-ruled by Berger, Tenet, and Brennen in taking Bin Laden out unilaterally; 3 guards, and …
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NOW AVAILABLE AT AMAZON FOR $15 THIS IS A ‘MUST BUY” FOR ANYONE WHO CARES… Tom Atlee, author of The Tao of Democracy: Using Co-Intelligence to Create a World That Works for All has been moved at this particular point in time to present to all of us with an extraordinary collection of short stories …
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Rotten Job by Publisher, Too Expensive January 1, 2010 Chester W. Hartman et al I would normally have bought this book, I used past Mandate for Change books to devise the twelve core policies for Earth Intelligence Network (Agriculture, Diplomacy, Economy, Education, Energy, Family, Health, Justice, Immigration, Security, Society, Water), and I was very intrigued …
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Heads set to roll as Obama goes on attack over security failures that allowed Christmas Day bomber on to plane A senior aide said Obama would seek accountability at the highest levels for the failure, a remark some observers took to mean that heads would roll. The terrorist plot to bring down Northwest Airlines Flight …
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