Berto Jongman: Not Just the NSA: Data Brokers Amass Detailed Profiles on Everyone Online

This month, a strongly worded Washington Post op-ed by Federal Trade Commissioner Julie Brill calling for transparency in the business practices of the online data broker industry provoked a heated response. While the ACLU and other privacy advocates have long had their suspicions about how and why data brokers were tracking individuals, as the commissioner …

Milt Bearden: HIST 1 Oct 2009 TESTIMONY to SFRC “The War in Afghanistan, The Regional Effects”

PREPARED STATEMENT TO THE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE BY Milton A. Bearden October 1, 2009 The War in Afghanistan, The Regional Effects Mr. Chairman, Senator Lugar, and Members of the Committee: I thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to discuss U.S. strategy in Afghanistan and the possible effects on Pakistan of …

2013 26 Oct DC OSS Society Donovan Award Dinner

Please join the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Society  for the presentation of the William J. Donovan Award® to Admiral William H. McRaven USN, Commander, U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), in Washington, DC, on October 26, 2013. Prior to assuming command of USSOCOM in August 2011, Admiral McRaven served as commander of the Joint Special Operations …

4th Media: Escalation of Attacks on News-gathering Process and Journalism by US-UK Gov’t

Escalation of Attacks on News-gathering Process and Journalism by US-UK Gov’t Detaining My Partner: A Failed Attempt At Intimidation At 6:30 am this morning my time – 5:30 am on the East Coast of the US – I received a telephone call from someone who identified himself as a “security official at Heathrow airport.” He …

Berto Jongman: Terrorists’ Psywar Strikes Fear From Middle East To Mindanao

Terrorists’ Psywar Strikes Fear From Middle East To Mindanao The Ramadan holiday is done and the threat to U.S. diplomats in most of the middle east is over.  Or at least they can return to their embassies and consulates with enough confidence to think the Al Qaeda bombers are not going to strike right away …