Allen Roland: Honoring Chalmers Johnson, Prophet of Truth + Empire Meta-RECAP

Prophet for a Dying Empire Every dying Empire has its truth telling prophet and America had its own with Chalmers Johnson. Johnson correctly compared the decay of the American empire, with its well over 600 overseas military bases, with the fall of the Roman Empire whereas the Senate becomes a wealthy corporate club and irrelevant …

Berto Jongman: GLADIO B Comes Home to London — USA Next?

UK pays price for MI5 courting terror By Nafeez Mosaddeq Ahmed Asia Times, 30 May 2013 The brutal murder of an off-duty British soldier in broad daylight in the southeast London district of Woolwich raises new questions about the British government’s national security strategy, at home and abroad. Officials have highlighted the danger of “self-radicalizing” …

Syria: Assad on Top – With Russian & Christian Support

Syria: Fighting. Press service reports indicate that the combined Syrian army and Hizballah forces have control of most, or all, of the town of al-Qusayr. Government claims of success were matched by opposition pleas for assistance from other areas. Comment: Control of Qusayr means control of Homs Governate and city, which had been in opposition …

Marcus Aurelius: Congress Cuts DoD Spies in Half — CIA Continues to Run Amok — + Clandestine/Analytic Meta-RECAP

Congress Smashes Pentagon’s New Den of Spies By Noah Shachtman WIRED Danger Room 05.21.13 7:29 PM If the Pentagon’s not careful, it’s going to find its new network of spies rolled up by Congress. The Defense Clandestine Service was supposed to be the Defense Department’s new squad for conducting “human intelligence” — classic, informant-based spying. …

DefDog: Russian Target #1? Dimona, Israel — Along with an Alternative History Worth Reading

Funny how stuff gets around.  More than one source is talking about Dimona, Israel as the ideal “proportionate response” from Russia with love…  Not sure why the French are allowing false stories about chemical weapons use by Assad — and we all continue to worry about Israel and the neo-cons simulating Iranian attacks on US …