The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Hot Topics AA: Instability made political risk expensive in Africa 09/20/09 AA: Somalia raid reopens debate on Maghreb security, economic co-operation 09/18/09 AA: Thaisarco suspends Congo tin ore purchases 09/18/09 AO: Dos Santos – Angola’s silent leader 09/20/09 DZ: Russia investigates jet part sales to Algeria 09/18/09 ER: Eritrea: Who Is EU Trying To Kid …
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Six Star Special September 20, 2009 Paul Polack This book is a “beyond five stars” book and will be so rated at Phi Beta Iota, the Public Intelligence Blog where I can do things Amazon does not provide for, including reader access to my 1400+ non-fiction reviews via any of 100 different categories. This single …
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A New Deal for The CIA By David Ignatius,The Washington Post Thursday, September 17, 2009 Hayden drew a Venn diagram to explain where the CIA needs to operate. First, he drew three circles that represent the traditional parameters: An activity must be technically feasible, operationally relevant and lawful. Then he added a fourth requirement. The …
Chuck Spinney says: Even though OODA loops shaping nutty mass behaviour are becoming ever more disconnected from reality, Frank Rich shows this fact does not imply that the phenomenon of populist rage is not based on some real frustrations, grievances, anxieties, and fears. CS The New York Times OP-ED COLUMNIST Even Glenn Beck Is Right …
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Potential Straw to Break the Camel’s Back September 19, 2009 Chris Hedges I disagree with those who dismiss this book, however erudite their claims. The author first impressed me with American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America. Reading this book on the heels of Grand Illusion: The Myth of Voter Choice in …
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The Obama Administration means well, no question about it. They simply do not know what they do not know, and no one within the US Intelligence Community appears capable of speaking truth to power. The truth that needs to be spoken is that Washington lacks both integrity and intelligence (as in thoughtful holistic decision-making). Washington …
We were surprised this morning to learn that Ray McGovern, a CIA veteran whose credibility we respect, is saying that Leon Panetta and Barack Obama may be treating CIA with kid gloves for fear of being assassinated by the “insider” CIA that itself fears criminal prosecution for the death of over 100 detainees in CIA …
