Mini-Me: War Crimes as US Strategy, Policy, Operational Campaign, & Centerpiece for Tactics

Huh? Weekend Edition May 31-Jun 02, 2013 War Crimes as Policy The CIA: Keepers of the Hit Lists by DOUGLAS VALENTINE and NICOLAS J.S. DAVIES In February the Guardian and BBC Arabic unveiled a documentary exploring the role of retired Colonel James Steele in the recruitment, training and initial deployments of the CIA advised and …

Berto Jongman: Admrial James Stavrides Expands on “Open Source Security”

Globalization Creates a New Worry: Enemy Convergence By THOM SHANKER New York Times, 30 May 2013 WASHINGTON — Adm. James G. Stavridis, who stepped down this month as NATO’s supreme commander, has been at war in two wars — overseeing the alliance’s role in the enduring mission in Afghanistan as well as the shorter combat …

Michelle Monk: Monsanto Being Crushed Everywhere EXCEPT USA

A good trend. S. Korea Joins Japan Blocking Monsanto Modified Seed By JAMES DETAR, INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY Shares of Monsanto (MON) dropped again Friday after South Korea joined Japan in suspending importation of genetically modified wheat sourced to the crop seed company. The moves came after the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday that it …

Information Operations Newsletter Vol. 13 No. 07

PDF: ARSTRAT_IO_Newsletter_v13_no_07 Articles in this issue are: 1. Social Banditry and the Public Persona of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán 2. India Sets Up Social Media Monitoring Lab 3. Hacking the News: Information Warfare in the Age of Twitter 4. Information Operations Is Just another Media Format Vying For the Eyes of the Audience 5. China’s …

Review (Guest): Lessons Not Learned – The U.S. Navy’s Status Quo Culture

Roger Thompson 5.0 out of 5 stars Engaging and Shocking December 11, 2010 By moreconcernedthanbefore First off, let me preface this my saying that my knowledge of the American military was practically nil before reading this book so I found it all the more engaging and eye-opening especially because the American Navy is generally thought …

Winslow Wheeler: US Navy Status Quo Culture — Lessons Not Learned, Substituting Pork and Lies for Effective Weapons Systems + US Flag Officer Lack of Integrity RECAP

I recently finished reading Roger Thompson’s Lessons Not Learned: The U.S. Navy’s Status Quo Culture (Naval Institute Press, 2007).  I urge those who think we enjoy now and will enjoy in the future some sort of superiority on the seas to read this book.  You will find tidbits that you contest, but you will also …