Huge Gaps in Gov’s Knowledge About Chemicals in Everyday Products (need for true cost public intelligence)

U.S. regulators lack data on health risks of most chemicals By Lyndsey Layton Washington Post Staff Writer Monday, August 2, 2010 This summer, when Kellogg recalled 28 million boxes of Froot Loops, Apple Jacks, Corn Pops and Honey Smacks, the company blamed elevated levels of a chemical in the packaging. Dozens of consumers reported a …

Journal: “Expert Judgement” vs. Public Intelligence

When one is brought up, professionally trained, in “systems thinking” and the importance of feedback loops, diversity, and integrity, everything else becomes pedestrian.  Today we highlight two books re-inventing the wheel so as to feature an extraordinarily useful but slighting incomplete oration on “expert judgement by our much-admired colleague at NIGHTWATCH, concluding with a list …

Journal: CIA Ramps Up In Afghanistan While Public Intelligence About Empire as Usual Hard to Find

CIA expanding presence in Afghanistan: report AFP  Sat Sep 19 . . . . . . . .The Central Intelligence Agency is deploying teams of spies, analysts and paramilitary operatives on top of the nearly 700 employees it already has in the war-torn country in parallel with a military expansion that will see 68,000 US troops in …