The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Open Source Everything #openall (Twitter Hashtag) 20120708 Open Source Everything Highlights Open Source Red Hat’s journey through the “land of the giants” CULTURE | Robert Steele Joins Hackers on Planet Earth Event Free/Libre/Open Source (FLOSS, FOSS F/OSS) Free CAD Software to Create CAD Designs: NanoCAD FSF Restricted Boot Campaign GNU y Software Libre: La filosofia …
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All together now, “shhhhhhhhh!” http://www.fas.org/irp/dni/icd/icd-700.pdf Phi Beta Iota: The DNI’s staff is taking fluff to new heights–naturally with the best of intentions, but some pretty profound ignorance for that level, as well as neutering in place. There is no security to speak of, anywhere, there is no defensive counterintelligence worthy of the name, and there …
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Interesting reading… Revealed: Hundreds of words to avoid using online if you don’t want the government spying on you (and they include ‘pork’, ‘cloud’ and ‘Mexico’) Department of Homeland Security forced to release list following freedom of information request Agency insists it only looks for evidence of genuine threats to the U.S. and not for …
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POGO Source Page, May 8, 2012 Wasteful Spending in the Department of Defense Budget Wasteful Spending on Nuclear Weapons Programs Service Contracts Conclusion Endnotes Americans are tightening their belts, and it’s time for the U.S. government to do the same. In light of the Budget Control Act of 2011 and the subsequent failure of the “Super Committee,” …
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Huh? NSA’s Gen. Alexander: Companies Should Be Required To Fortify Networks Against Cyberattack By Ellen Nakashima Checkpoint Washington (Washingtonpost.com), May 4, 2012 Gen. Keith Alexander, the head of the nation’s largest spy agency and its cyberwarfare command, is urging adoption of legislation to require companies providing critical services such as power and transportation to fortify …
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NSA Whistleblower Speaks Live: “The Government Is Lying To You” Just a month ago we raised more than a proverbial eyebrow when we noted the creation of the NSA’s Utah Data Center (codename Stellar Wind) and William Binney’s formidable statement that “we are this far from a turnkey totalitarian state”. Democracy Now has the former …
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This is the famous hearing where Mudge told senators he could K-O the Internet in 30 minutes. It was a wide-ranging discussion, though Mudge’s claim is what the media ran with at the time. Watch and ask yourself, as Trustwave’s Tom Brennan does on his Facebook page this morning: “14 Years… have we gotten better?” …
