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2010/07/262010/07/27

Review: The CIA in Iran–The 1953 Coup and the Origins of the US-Iran Divide

Stunning Account of Unethical Incompetence Triumphant July 26, 2010 Christopher J. Petherick I strongly recommend that this book (or my review) be read in conjunction with its counterpart for Guatemala, Secret History: The CIA’s Classified Account of Its Operations in Guatemala, 1952-1954 (or my review). I’ve been a clandestine case officer (C/O) with three tours …

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2010/07/262010/07/26

Journal: What Revolution in Military Affairs? Shattering the illusion of bloodless victory

It is not as if the disaster described below, in the Afghan war logs released by Wikileaks to the Guardian, the New York Times, and der Spiegle, was not foreseeable. Here, for example, is an op-ed I wrote for Defense Week in April 2001, well before we began the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. And I …

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2010/07/25

Worth a Look: Afghan War Logs

Biggest leak in intelligence history From US military computers to a cafe in Brussels, how classified papers found their way to online activists

2010/07/202010/07/21

Worth a Look: Onion 9-11 Video, TED Wiki-Leaks

From the Onion, dated (2009) but achieving new momentum as Americans question their government more and more. . . . . . From TED Global 2010, a candid discussion with the founder of WikiLeaks who was also scheduled as a keynote speaker at Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE) 2010 but was replaced by his colleague …

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2010/07/092010/07/09

Journal: When are Leaks Good for Society?

Charges for Soldier Accused of Leak The New York Times By STEVEN LEE MYERS July 6, 2010 BAGHDAD — An American soldier in Iraq who was arrested on charges of leaking a video of a deadly American helicopter attack here in 2007 has also been charged with downloading more than 150,000 highly classified diplomatic cables …

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2010/06/302010/06/30

Event: Hackers on Planet Earth (HOPE) NYC 16-18 July 2010

FINAL SCHEDULES POSTED At The Next HOPE, we have three scheduled tracks and one unscheduled one which will result in well over 100 hour long presentations. There are several ways for you to browse the schedules and more on the way. * Complete list of talks / speakers * Schedules by Room/Day * Friday * Saturday * Sunday …

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2010/06/13

Journal: US Political & Military Double-Dealing Blown Open

COMMENT: From (UK) Independent. There is some interesting stuff on Wikileaks. Not all of it is US and not all of it is classified. Further, Wikileaks is far from the only site in the business. Oh, and Bradley Manning is very unlikely to be a US IO. He’s much more likely to be an E-1 …

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