The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Nassir Ghaemi 5.0 out of 5 stars One Huge Point, Many Smaller Insights,August 28, 2011 When I am torn between a 4 and a 5 I read all the other reviews. I rate this book a five because it advances appreciation for the integration of psychology with history, and contributes somewhat–not the last word–to the …
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Public Intelligence Net has consolidated two separate items that I repeat below. Net interest is high, this consolidated version is more reliable. Phi Beta Iota: Worth a full read. Comments at end below the line. Richard Clarke Says CIA Tried to Recruit 9/11 Terrorists An Explosive New 9/11 Charge (Daily Beast): In a new documentary, …
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True Cost is called by some a triple-bottom line (physical cost, ecological cost, social cost). Others talk about true cost to own (including all related fuels or batteries, toxic side effects etc), others talk about cradle to grave accounting to include complete recycling. Technically, true cost accounting prohibits negative external costs from being ignored. A …
From bad to worse in Afghanistan Peter Eichstaedt McClatchy News – 20/07/11 KABUL, AFGHANISTAN The assassination of President Hamid Karzai’s half brother, Ahmed Wali Karzai, along with the recent attack on the Intercontinental Hotel in the heart of the capital in Kabul, underscore the increasingly fragile security situation in Afghanistan. Both events occurred soon after …
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This is a very fine piece of reporting at multiple levels. 82nd Airborne Paratroopers Unhappy With Iraq, Afghanistan Troop Withdrawals David Wood Huffington Post, 11 July 2011 FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Among the paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne’s 1st Brigade Combat Team, there’s a sinking feeling the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan will fade away. …
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UPDATED to add photo. Guards at the front door, no guards across the totally exposed back end. Sheraton San Salvador was attacked from the ravine. Deja vu. Landmark Afghan hotel attacked Los Angeles Times, 28 June 2011 Gunmen and suicide bombers strike the tightly secured Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul, which has large foreign clientele. It …
