Review (Guest): Westmoreland – The General Who Lost Vietnam – Includes Second Review With Contextual Detail on Failure of Intelligence (Including Soviets Owning US Crypto)

Lewis Sorley A Man Promoted Above his Ability September 12, 2011 By Hrafnkell Haraldsson VINE™ VOICE I grew up during the Vietnam War. I was seven years old when General William Westmoreland was sent to Vietnam by LBJ to take charge of things there. I was eleven when he lost his job and by then, …

David Swanson: Colin Powell’s Treason – Lest We Forget

Colin Powell’s Tangled Web “I get mad when bloggers accuse me of lying — of knowing the information was false. I didn’t.” — Colin Powell. Can you imagine having an opportunity to address the United Nations Security Council about a matter of great global importance, with all the world’s media watching, and using it to… …

Robert Steele: Clandestine Operations 101 + Personal Comment

Clandestine Operations 101 Here’s how to create a clandestine service that is not the laughing stock of the planet: 00  Stop confusing secure field operations with any need for access to official secrets.  The primary reason CIA is such a mess is the ascendance of security ignorance and myopia combined with sedentary overly fearful managers …

Eagle: Temple Mormons By Definition, Cannot Swear an Oath to Uphold the Consitution — Prophet Ubber Alles

Romney: Why It’s OK to Stick It to Him for Being a Mormon Weekend Edition April 6-8, 2012 CounterPunch Diary by ALEXANDER COCKBURN Mitt Romney will be the Republican to face President Obama in the fall.  Tuesday night was the clincher, as the Mormon zealot won in Wisconsin, Maryland and Washington DC. He may stumble …

Tom Atlee: A New Co-Intelligence Initiative – Let’s Talk: Our New Economy

A New Co-Intelligence Initiative: Let’s Talk: Our New Economy My intern Patrick Maxwell and CII president John Abbe have initiated a project I’m quite excited about. In high quality dialogue they plan to engage local people together about their personal concerns in today’s rough economy – and then to expand the conversation to include how …