The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Doing the Right Thing for IC and DoD Dr. Russell Ackoff (P) The President wants $400B shaved off security over 12 years. The DNI thinks he is excluded from that number. Possibly, but that’s only because the President hasn’t yet come up with a similar number for intelligence. $80B for all intelligence is too much, …
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We are very amused. Normally we only post unsuccessful searches, but this one was so elegantly contrived we think it should be the meme that best describes the man. Bob Gates, Chief Maintenance Clerk, Talks Crap — and the Wall Street Journal Goes Along… Between the speech outline and the full-text presentation by Robert Steele …
Pogo reigns supreme….. Pentagon Will Consider Cyberattacks Acts of War By DAVID E. SANGER and ELISABETH BUMILLER New York Times, May 31, 2011 WASHINGTON — The Pentagon, trying to create a formal strategy to deter cyberattacks on the United States, plans to issue a new strategy soon declaring that a computer attack from a foreign …
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U.S. arms makers said to be bleeding secrets to cyber foes By Jim Wolf WASHINGTON | Tue May 31, 2011 (Reuters) – Top Pentagon contractors have been bleeding secrets for years as a result of penetrations of their computer networks, current and former national security officials say. Read full article…. Phi Beta Iota: This is …
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Robert Gates: Pitchman for a Declining Empire By Werther* Robert M. Gates is one of those people the Beltway Consensus refers to as a “serious adult”: not overtly partisan, measured in his pronouncements, possessed of actual knowledge about the job he has been charged to do. The adulation he has received is certainly understandable if …
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NukeFree.org From Bonnie, Jackson & Graham: “We May Be on the Brink….” Dear NukeFree.org supporter…We may be on the brink of stopping the US nuclear industry from building new reactors. We ask you to help make this happen. The atomic industry desperately needs $36 billion in federal loan guarantees. If we stop them, new reactor construction …
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ROLLING UPDATE from Beginning of Crisis SHORT URL: http://tinyurl.com/PBI-Japan-Update 16 May 2011 ALL: Study: Seaports unready for climate change CANADA: Climate change threatens arctic coastlines CHINA: China’s Nuclear Arsenal: Status and Evolution EUROPE-SPAIN: Spanish Quake Jolts European Nuclear Debate GERMANY-JAPAN-USA: Nuclear Nations Turn To Natural Gas And Renewables INDIA: Manmohan Singh takes stock of country’s …
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