The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Robert Steele is a former intelligence officer for the CIA and the US Marine Corps who promotes the concept of “Open Source Intelligence,” a transparent system based on public access to all information, in his new book, The Open Source Everything Manifesto: Transparency, Truth, and Trust (Evolver Editions, 2012). Q. Why is intelligence gathered in …
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Recently, the New York Times (4 February 2012) published a story, “U.S. Plans Shift to Elite Units as It Winds Down in Afghanistan”, and the Washington Post (5 February 2012) followed with “U.S. to elevate Special Operations forces’ role in Afghanistan.” From the Washington Post version, I noted the following salient points. “The U.S. …
My buddy Mike Lofgren launches another one. Iran and the Shape of Things to Come Mike Lofgren, Huffington Post, Posted: 02/21/2012 7:05 pm Cet animal est tres mechant; quand on l’attaque, il se defend. (This animal is very wicked; when you attack it, it defends itself) – French proverb It is hard not to think …
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Recommended by Paul Craig Roberts, Institute for Political Economy John Pilger describes the reality hidden behind the cloak of anglo-american “democracy.” Phi Beta Iota: This describes the crime against humanity, the atrocity, of cleansing the population of the islands now known as Diego Garcia. If We the People do not hold our government accountable, then …
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Washington Post, February 19, 2012. Pg. B7 Book World When Spies And Gadgets Come Up Short In The War On Terror By Dina Temple-Raston INTEL WARS The Secret History of the Fight Against Terror. By Matthew M. Aid, Bloomsbury, 261 pp., $28 When American aid worker Jessica Buchanan and her Dutch counterpart were freed from …
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COMMENT: Only a couple of things wrong with the scenario described below: (1) Vickers works for a POTUS, Administration and Congress committed to emasculating the National security operation IOT underwrite the incompetent/unindustrious/etc.; and (2) not always possible to be optimally surgical. Los Angeles Times, February 19, 2012, Pg. 30 Slouching Toward Persistent War Even as our …
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Spy Vs Spy: The Secret Wars Waged In New Spooks’ Playground London Times, 11 February 2012 Azerbaijan: This small country is used to being a listening post, but its position at the centre of activity in the present climate is a big cause for concern. Sheera Frenkel reports from Baku. In a warm café in …
