Review: No More Secrets – Open Source Information and the Reshaping of U.S. Intelligence

Hamilton Bean 5.0 out of 5 stars Spectacular Integrative and Pioneering Work, July 27, 2011 This is a pioneering work that not only explains the true worth of open source intelligence, but also illuminates the institutional bias against it and the pathologies of a culture of secrecy. The use of primary data from interviews makes …

Review: The Arsonist – The Most Dangerous Man in America (James Otis 1760′s Catalyst for Liberty)

Nathan A. Allen Six Star Pre-History Ignored Until Now, July 17, 2011 This is a BARN-BURNER of a book! This book is a PhD dissertation that is being published quickly to aid the cause of liberty in 2012. The academic detail would normally make it a four-star read, but the relevance, the originality, and the …

Review: Global Public Policy – Governing Without Government?

Wolfgang Reinicke Pioneering Work, Missing Some Pieces,July 7, 2011 This is a pioneering work, easily a decade ahead of other world-class efforts, my favorite being that of (then) World Bank Vice President for Europe, J. F. Rischard, High Noon 20 Global Problems, 20 Years to Solve Them. It has been largely over-looked, but should gain …

Campaign for Liberty: Steele on IC and DoD

National Intelligence and National Defense By Robert David Steele Vivas Published 06/17/11 Right up front, here is the value proposition: a revolution in national security affairs can immediately deliver three things: 1. Permit the rapid (four years) reduction of the secret intelligence community budget from $80 billion to under $20 billion and permit the rapid …

NO DIFFERENCE: Obama’s White Half Is Bush III

Headline Revelations Glenn Greenwald Salon, 13 June 2011 Dan Gillmor observes that the two top New York Times headlines this morning “sum up the Obama administration”: EXTRACT:  As Yale Professor Jack Balkin recently put it to Jane Mayer about the Obama presidency: “We are witnessing the bipartisan normalization and legitimization of a national-surveillance state.”  This state, …