Review (Guest): Rise of the Warrior Cop: The Militarization of America’s Police Forces

Radley Balko 5.0 out of 5 stars A must read! July 1, 2013 By John J. Baeza In his new book, Rise of the Warrior Cop, author Radley Balko provides a detailed history of our decline into a police state. He works his way through this history in a sound way describing police raid upon …

Berto Jongman: US Special Operations Command Goal — Prevent Wars, Bottom Up Community Based Resilience — Never Mind Strategic-Level Blunders, Ideology, & Predatory Policies, Drones, Dictators…1.1

Socom’s goal: Pre-empt wars Tampa is headquarters for the commandos who are gaining a bigger role in military operations around the globe. Military writer Howard Altman travels with them this month in Afghanistan. By Howard Altman | Tribune Staff Tampa Tribune,  May 19, 2013 They make small footprints at the edges of the Earth. Sometimes …

Berto Jongman: Russian Special Oprations Expansion

Russia’s New Tip of the Spear What’s got the Kremlin so worried that it created a Special Operations Command? Dmitri Trenin Foreign Policy, 8 May 2013 Addressing the Russian National Security Council meeting on May 8, President Vladimir Putin said that the forthcoming departure of U.S. and coalition forces from Afghanistan confronts Russia with a …

NIGHTWATCH: Weak Signal from Algeria – Anti-US Forces Up Their Game

Algeria-US: Update. A senior Algerian official said that one of the terrorists captured at the In Amenas gas plant said under interrogation that some of the dead Egyptian terrorists also participated in the attack on the US Consulate in Benghazi last year. Three terrorists are in custody. The official said the terrorists staged in southern …

Marcus Aurelius: New Information on Benghazi Consulate Attack — Multiple Military Rescue Forces Told to Stand Down

New intel on the Benghazi Consulate attack by Iassen Donov SOFREP, October 26, 2012 EXTRACT: At that point, they called again for military support and help because they were taking fire at the CIA safe house, or annex. The request was denied. There were no communications problems at the annex, according those present at the …

Mini-Me: US Fuel Records for $475M in Fuel to Karzai Forces “Shredded”

Huh? IG: Afghan fuel records go missing Aaron Mehta Center for Public Integrity, 11 September 2012 What happened to almost $475 million worth of oil destined for the Afghan National Army – that’s what the Special Investigator General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR) would like to know. Unfortunately, the inspectors may never find out.  According to …