Marcus Aurelius: America’s Military Power in Decline with a Blood-Letting Commentary from Robert Steele

America’s Military Power in a Steep Decline EXTRACT If you want to know what is wrong about the entire approach to our nation’s military needs, consider that since 2009 when Obama took office, the Pentagon’s civilian workforce has grown about 7% to almost 750,000, while active-duty military personnel have been cut by approximately 8%. At …

Mini-Me: Stephen Slick on NCTC Lessons for CTIIC

Steven Slick is former NSC Senior Director for Intelligence Programs and Reform at the White House (2005-2009). The Intelligence Studies Essay #1: Steve Slick on Lessons that NCTC Holds for CTIIC CTIIC: Learning from the Choices and Challenges that Shaped the National Counterterrorism Center

Reference: 2014 Declassified CIA Documents

Studies in Intelligence: A Digest of Declassified CIA Documents For the benefit of researchers, Lawfare has reviewed and digested documents released in September of 2014 by the Central Intelligence Agency. The bulk of the materials hail from the CIA’s in-house intelligence journal, Studies in Intelligence. We have grouped the documents in rough thematic fashion and, within …

Berto Jongman: General Breedlove is Dr. Strangelove?

Being read in Europe. Breedlove’s Bellicosity: Berlin Alarmed by Aggressive NATO Stance on Ukraine US President Obama supports Chancellor Merkel’s efforts at finding a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine crisis. But hawks in Washington seem determined to torpedo Berlin’s approach. And NATO’s top commander in Europe hasn’t been helping either. Sources in the Chancellery have …

Friends of Europe: Not Friendly, Not Thoughtful — Comment by Robert Steele

Friends of Europe (€2,281,515 a year budget) is delighted to send you the report of its last Security Jam, launched today at a debate with General Philip Breedlove, NATO Supreme Allied Commander in Europe and Ambassador Alain Le Roy, incoming Secretary General of the European External Action Service. European Union and NATO leaders must act …