The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Some random items of interest: Digital Black Market: The Silk Road. Uses bitcoins (the decentralized, but not anonymous, crypto-currency that’s useful for transactions — see wiki for more) and eBay style reputation rating to grease the wheels of unrestricted e-commerce. Requires TOR (the anonymizing network) to connect to the site. “Right now you can …
Advisers urge military to rely less on drones, more on expertise Eli Lake, 1 June 2011 The Washington Times Military operations in Afghanistan rely too much on intelligence gathered by unmanned drones, often exclude important publicly available data and do not focus enough on the recruitment of human agents, a Pentagon report says. The report …
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China-Pakistan: Citing unidentified “media reports,” Pakistan’s Dunya news reported on 18 May that China will give 50 JF-17 aircraft to Pakistan on an emergency basis. Pakistani Prime Minister Gilani, on the second day of his visit to China, and Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao discussed bilateral relations and other strategic matters, including the US Abbottabad …
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Navy SEALs forgot to bring a tape measure CBS Dan Farber 7 May 2011 The odds that Osama bin Laden was the mysterious figure seen walking around the compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan were estimated by U.S. intelligence at between 60 and 80 percent. When the Navy SEALs shot the tall figure on the upper floor …
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[Teeny Tiny Mega-Expensive] Drones Spray, Track the Unwilling in Air Force Plan By Adam Rawnsley WIRED, April 28, 2011 | Here’s how the U.S. Air Force wants to hunt the next generation of its enemies: A tiny drone sneaks up to a suspect, paints him with an unnoticed powder or goo that allows American forces …
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THE COSTS OF WAR, AND MORE FROM CRS As of March 2011, Congress had approved a total of more than $1.2 trillion dollars for costs associated with the wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and other post-9/11 “war on terror” operations, the Congressional Research Service said in its most recent update on the subject. See “The Cost …
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Published on Monday, April 11, 2011 by TruthDig.com Why the United States Is Destroying Its Education System by Chris Hedges Note: Truthdig server overwhelmed. This is the Common Dreams reprint. A nation that destroys its systems of education, degrades its public information, guts its public libraries and turns its airwaves into vehicles for cheap, mindless …
