The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Yet another example of how the short-term exigencies of “smart” domestic politics creates pressures for a “not-so-smart” foreign policy. CS Turkey warns US over Armenian genocide vote SUZAN FRASER, Associated Press, 5 Mar 2010 ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey warned the Obama administration on Friday of negative diplomatic consequences if it doesn’t impede a U.S. resolution …
Director: NCTC has analyst shortage The National Counterterrorism Center does not have enough analysts to comb through the thousands of pieces of terrorism-related information it receives every day, even though a plan to cut millions of dollars from its budget has been reversed, NCTC Director Michael Leiter told House lawmakers on Wednesday. . . . …
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Phi Beta Iota: This is the section that got our attention: The information revolution, he said, has not raised the level of public intelligence. It is no secret, he continued, “that the public knows less about public affairs than it used to know. Millions of Americans cannot begin to tell you what is in the …
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Pyramid scheme lets audience vote for climate solutions A worldwide audience will decide the planet’s fate in game-show format during the Copenhagen climate summit by suggesting and voting on climate solutions and how they will be funded. Phi Beta Iota: This is exactly the right idea in the wrong venue with the wrong frame of …
UN food summit ends with ‘crumbs’ in hunger fight By FRANCES D’EMILIO (AP) – 1 hour ago ROME — The head of a U.N. food agency expressed regret Wednesday that an anti-hunger summit failed to result in precise promises of funding, and critics said the meeting had only thrown crumbs to the world’s 1 billion …
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CIA Opens Center for Climate Change. The Central Intelligence Agency announced plans to launch a center on climate change to examine the potential security risks of environmental issues. The CIA said it was working on its new Center on Climate Change and National Security to examine the national security impact of environmental issues such as …
Steve Gorman Sun Aug 30, 2009 As hybrid cars gobble rare metals, shortage looms LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – The Prius hybrid automobile is popular for its fuel efficiency, but its electric motor and battery guzzle rare earth metals, a little-known class of elements found in a wide range of gadgets and consumer goods. . . . . …
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