Robert Steele: The Hill (Julian Hattem) Full of Crap — Fake News — Their Slam on David Petraeus is in Error and Infantile — Hard Copy Sharing with A Cleared Officer versus Electronic Treason — and Heterosexual Adultery versus Pedophilia? UPDATE 1

The Hill has published a crap story by someone who is probably not stupid, just “owned.” To the Editor <editor@thehill.com> As a former spy, founder of the Marine Corps Intelligence Center, and the most published intelligence reformer in the English language, with eight books, two with forewords from Chairmen of the SSCI (Boren and Roberts), …

Luke K. C. Leighton: Eco-Conscious Computing — Open Source Engineering — Renewable Communications, Computing, and Transportation…

In two key areas (computing and transportation) the comprehensive level of technical and engineering expertise required is far beyond the majority of individuals to cope. Most people are not even aware of the environmental damage being done by computers and vehicles.  Silicon ICs require vast amounts of pure water, as well as large quantities of …

Berto Jongman: Julian Assange – CIA (and Saudi Arabia) Created Islam Terrorism

‘CIA created ISIS’, says Julian Assange as Wikileaks releases 500k US cables Mr Assange said a decision by the CIA, together with Saudi Arabia, to plough billions of dollars into arming the Mujahideen fighters in Afghanistan to tackle the Soviet Union, had led to the creation of terror group al-Qaeda. This, in turn, he said …

Jan Oberg: The White Helmets Covert Operation Media Influence Scam — Sweden’s Right Livelihood Award Going to Con Artists

Just how grey are the White Helmets and their backers? Phi Beta Iota: A superb analysis of what appears to be a covert action media influence scam created by a mercenary with the full support of the US, UK, and Arab governments, with the intent of dominating the media narrative about Syria toward the regime …

Patrick Tucker: Original Flynn – Open Source Flynn

The Other Michael Flynn This new greater emphasis on open-source data aided by computational analysis discomfited older, less technically astute intelligence professionals at DIA and in the broader intelligence community, McCulloh said. “What that does is it largely disqualifies a lot of old intel guys in favor of people who have more technical skills. That was not …

Berto Jongman: NY Post – Trump Needs to Make Heads Roll at the CIA and FBI (and Fire the DNI)

Trump Needs to Make Heads Roll at the CIA and FBI One of the thorniest questions facing the incoming Trump administration is what to do about America’s increasingly dysfunctional intelligence community, known collectively by its acronym, the IC. Made up of no fewer than 16 different agencies, the IC includes marquee services like the CIA …