The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
US intelligence so big that counterterrorism is failing? ‘Yes’ say insiders By Darlene Storm ComputerWorld, October 07, 2013 When might you consider quitting your job to be a “win”? When you work for the CIA and “the Company” tries to block the publication of your dissertation about the National Counterterrorism Center. Bridget Rose Nolan, a …
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It is the nature of fundamentalist religion, of whatever stripe, to be authoritarian, sexually repressive, and patriarchal. But beneath that there is also the lingering stench of sex abuse — human nature will not be denied, and when healthy sexual expression is not supported its dark side pedophilia emerges. I have done many pieces on …
The world consciousness about Marijuana is shifting. Here is the latest. Canada To Launch Billion-Dollar Marijuana Free Market This Week BILL CHAPPELL – npr Canada is ushering in what it projects to be a $1.3 billion medical marijuana free market this week, as it replaces small and homegrown pot production with quality-controlled marijuana produced by …
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My friend Bill Polk, a well-known historian with extensive experience in the Middle East and Central Asia and author of many books on these areas, has written a backgrounder on how to make sense out of the Syrian chemical weapons issue. He has given me permission to distribute it. Herewith is his most interesting primer on …
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Cryptogams & the NSA John Sifton is an attorney at Human Rights Watch. He worked in Afghanistan and Pakistan from 2001 to 2004 and was senior researcher on terrorism and counterterrorism from 2005 to 2007. He is currently the Asia Advocacy Director. The first thing I did after I heard about the highly classified NSA …
Secret Surveillance and the Crisis of Legitimacy Intelligence, Leaks, Oversight, Secrecy In December 1974, when a previous program of secret government surveillance was revealed by Seymour Hersh in the New York Times, the ensuing public uproar led directly to extensive congressional investigations and the creation of new mechanisms of oversight, including intelligence oversight committees in …
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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 …
