The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Setting the record straight on ‘contractor’ spies The Washington Post Spy Talk Jeff Stein Robert Young Pelton spent years investigating counterterrorism mercenaries, so the last thing he expected was to be branded one himself. Yet there he was on the front page of the New York Times on March 14, his color picture flanked by …
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William R. Polk recently sent out the attached letter to his distribution list. It is a very comprehensive and I believe important review of Afghanistan. I urge you to take the time to read it. Appended to the end are a series of notes he used in the construction of his letter. Polk know …
The Worst of the Worst BY GEORGE B.N. AYITTEY | JULY/AUGUST 2010 Millions of lives have been lost, economies have collapsed, and whole states have failed under brutal repression. And what has made it worse is that the world is in denial. The end of the Cold War was also supposed to be the “End …
New York Times May 28, 2010 Pg. 8 U.N. Official Set To Ask U.S. To End C.I.A. Drone Strike By Charlie Savage WASHINGTON – A senior United Nations official is expected to call on the United States next week to stop Central Intelligence Agency drone strikes against people suspected of belonging to Al Qaeda, complicating the …
Full Source Online Dr. Steve Metz was published on this topic by the Military Review in July-August 2001. A great deal of original thinking came out of the U.S. Army Strategic Studies Institute (SSI) in the aftermath of the 1998 Army Strategy Conference, and sadly, none of it has gained any traction with any Secretary …
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Yet another example of how the short-term exigencies of “smart” domestic politics creates pressures for a “not-so-smart” foreign policy. CS Turkey warns US over Armenian genocide vote SUZAN FRASER, Associated Press, 5 Mar 2010 ANKARA, Turkey – Turkey warned the Obama administration on Friday of negative diplomatic consequences if it doesn’t impede a U.S. resolution …
“Mark to Market” is (or was?) an accounting standard that required financial institutions to value their assets at their current market value. Thus a stock portfolio would be valued at an amount determined by the stock market, if the stock holder sold all his assets in that market. Last Spring, when the government was contemplating …
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