G. I. Wilson: Intelligence Lessons Learned in Boston — and the Lack of Honest Competent Counterintelligence in the USA

Seems some of the same old flaws we have highlighted for years…hoarding info giving a false sense of power, no appreciation of the value of OSINT- social media, and silo’s of information concordant with age old turf sequestration. DNI has done little to reduce the overall intel community’s friction but added to it…makes me believe …

Greg Palast: Venezuela’s Recent Election — A History of Democracy Against Empire

Did Chavez’ Pick Steal the Election in Venezuela? By Greg Palast for Vice Magazine – Leer el artículo en español aquí. Tuesday, 23. April 2013 The guy in the cheap brown windbreaker walking up the dirty tenement steps to my New York office looked like a bus driver. Nicolas Maduro, elected President of Venezuela last Sunday, did …

SchwartzReport: Good (No More Landfills) Bad (Nestle Owns Water), Ugly (USA Torture)

GOOD Like the piece I did yesterday on how New York could transition to non-carbon energy, this one addresses landfills, offering an actual example of how it could be done. The truth is we could recreate our society so that it was much more fair to all, and environmentally positive; only our lack of political …

Eagle: Canadian Plot Foiled, US Throws in Iran & Al Qaeda

As Mini-Me, might say, Huh? Canadian train terror plot foiled Reuters, 23 April 2013 EXTRACT The Canadian authorities linked the two to al-Qaeda factions in Iran, to the surprise of some security experts. “The individuals were receiving support from al-Qaeda elements located in Iran,” Mr Malizia said. Iran did host some senior al-Qaeda figures under …

Eagle: Next Up: Nuclear Drills, Nuclear Lock-Downs, Nuclear False Flags?

Here are some headlines that concern folks in my neck of the woods. Shots fired at TVA Watts Bar Nuclear Plant TVA: Suspect shoots at security officer at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, officer shoots back VA lockdown following security officer shooting at Watts Bar Nuclear Plant TMI attack exercise involved intruders trying to “take over …

Mini-Me: Boston Casualties Vanish Into Thin Air + Boston/Texas Meta-RECAP

Huh? Treating the Marathon Casualties: Inside One Boston Emergency Room Ellen Harrell TIME, 15 August 2013 EXTRACT: Before long, they had set up a makeshift triage center in the lobby of the ER and began to treat the incoming — sewing up victims’ wounds and sending those with more-serious injuries through to be admitted. “We …