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2012/03/19

Berto Jongman: Potpourri of Serious Strategy Threat Stuff

Digital Espionage, Crime, and Warfare in the Global Glass House U.S. accelerating cyberweapon research Global Strategic Assessment (National Defense University) Phi Beta Iota: Devoid of a strategic analytic model, devoid of the concept of “true costs,” and devoid of any self-understanding in relation to corruption at all levels across all boundaries. A wonderful collection of …

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2012/03/182012/03/18

David Swanson: Lies, Lies, and More Lies…

Nine Years Later: More Shocked, Less Awed When I lived in New York 20 years ago, the United States was beginning a 20-year war on Iraq. We protested at the United Nations. The Miami Herald depicted Saddam Hussein as a giant fanged spider attacking the United States. Hussein was frequently compared to Adolf Hitler. On …

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2012/03/16

Chuck Spinney: Investigating NATO’s War Crimes Against Libya

Investigations Around Libya NATO’S Craven Coverup of Its Libyan Bombing by VIJAY PRASHAD, Counterpunch, March 15, 2012 Ten days into the uprising in Benghazi, Libya, the United Nations’ Human Rights Council established the International Commission of Inquiry on Libya. The purpose of the Commission was to “investigate all alleged violations of international human rights law in …

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2012/03/052012/03/05

David Swanson: Murder of US Citizens and Others Legal — Dissection of Eric Holder Speech

Murder Is Legal, Says Eric Holder By David Swanson Attorney General Eric Holder on Monday explained why it’s legal to murder people — not to execute prisoners convicted of capital crimes, not to shoot someone in self-defense, not to fight on a battlefield in a war that is somehow legalized, but to target and kill …

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2012/03/032012/03/03

Robert Steele: Future-Proofing the City

As Wyoming plans for federal collapse (where, exactly, they will put the aircraft carrier remains unresolved), it behooves all of us to spend a little time thinking about “what if” the national supply chains for food and fuel implode. I am not that enthused about the terms “smart city” or even “intelligent city,” but recognize …

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2012/03/032012/03/03

Anthony Hall: When War is a Remedy for Terror?

When War is Promoted as a Remedy for Terror by Anthony J. Hall The You Tube of my San Francisco presentation on the tenth anniversary of 9/11 is being presented to the public here for the first time in early March of 2012. Anthony J. Hall is Professor of Globalization Studies. His recent book, Earth …

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2012/03/032012/08/23

Robert Steele: Itemization of Information Pathologies

In support of the Berkman Center’s conference on truthness, below is an extract from THE OPEN SOURCE EVERYTHING MANIFESTO: Transparency, Truth & Trust (Berkeley, CA: North Atlantic Book / Evolver Edition, 5 June 2012). EXTRACT: I now realize that neither governments nor corporations are “fixed” obstacles. In a world of constantly changing information, it is …

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