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2014/06/282014/06/28

Chuck Spinney: The Timeless Corrupt Defense Bow Wave — with Comment from Robert Steele on How to Cut Defense 30% AND Create a 450-Ship Navy, Long-Haul Air Force, and Air-Mobile Army

One of the real benefits of being in the defense business is that you can leave it for 20 or 30 or even 40 years and go fishing deep in the Canadian Rockies. But if you need a job when you return, you can easily restart your career. All you need to learn are a …

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2014/06/262014/06/26

Daily Bell: Death to Public Open Source

Phi Beta Iota: It’s probably a great honor to be slammed by the staff of The Daily Bell, but it would be even more constructive if they got in touch. Steele’s comments are inserted. SHORT URL: http://tinyurl.com/Steele-Rings-Bell No, We Are Not Fans of ‘Open Source’ Public Solutions By Staff Report The Daily Bell – June …

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2014/06/182014/06/16

Chuck Spinney: Non-Learning in US Foreign Policy

JUNE 16, 2014 Polk Report How to Evolve an Exit Strategy From America’s Foreign Policy Shambles by FRANKLIN C. SPINNEY and WILLIAM R. POLK, Counterpunch Attached beneath my introductory comment is an essay by the American historian William R. Polk. His subject is the American predilection for non-learning in foreign policy. My comment is intended …

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2014/06/142014/06/13

Berto Jongman: Jihadist Gains in Iraq Blindside American Spies

Jihadist Gains in Iraq Blindside American Spies First Crimea, now Iraq. Why does America’s $50 billion intelligence community keep getting taken by surprise? Shane Harris Foreign Policy, 12 June 2014 nited States intelligence agencies were caught by surprise when fighters from the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) seized two major Iraqi cities this …

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2014/06/112014/06/11

Hackers on Planet Earth – First 25 Speakers

HOPE X will be held July 18-20, 2014 at the Hotel Pennsylvania in New York City. You can get your tickets at http://store.2600.com/hopextickets.html. While our block of rooms at the hotel quickly sold out, it’s still possible to book online at http://hotelpenn.com or by calling +1 212 736 5000. You may still be able to …

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2014/06/052015/10/19

Answers: Robert Steele to Kevjn Lim on Big Data

Kevjn Lim is an independent writer and Middle East foreign policy analyst at Open Briefing: The Civil Society Intelligence Agency. In the latter half of 2013, he was Turkey representative for the Syria Needs Analysis Project (SNAP), covering the Syrian crisis in the northern governorates and Turkey. From 2007-2011, he served as delegate with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in …

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2014/05/292014/05/28

Yoda: Mary Meeker’s Internet Report 2014 — Explosion in Hand-Helds and Data — Less Than 1% of Data Analyzed

Tools good, analysis not. Mary Meeker’s 2014 internet trends report: all the slides plus highlights PDF (164 Pages): Internet Trends Report 2014 (Mary Meeker) Five slides below the fold.