The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Struggling Spy Satellite Agency Tries to Right Itself National Defense January 2010 SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The National Reconnaissance Office, the agency responsible for developing and launching the U.S. fleet of spy satellites, is embarking on an ambitious plan to right itself after years of cost overruns and program cancellations. But two powerful senators have …
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Chuck Spinney sends…. Obama’s Big Sellout The president has packed his economic team with Wall Street insiders intent on turning the bailout into an all-out giveaway MATT TAIBBI Rolling Stone Dec 09, 2009 Phi Beta Iota: We include the entire article below to share Chuck Spinney’s value-added highlights. See the original article without highlights by …
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Byrd Calls Obama’s Czars Dangerous Byrd: Gives President too much power…. Obama’s Czars Breed Chain-of-Command Confusion Bloomberg: Placing them above Cabinet…. Glenn Beck’s List of Obama’s Czars 32 of them, most professional listing with most detail Free Market Mojo Who are Obama’s czars? 27 of them, hot links from each name to more information Politico’s List …
No Index But a Proven Player in American Heartland November 17, 2009 Sarah Palin EDIT of 20 Nov 09. This is my final review. The book consists of five parts. Part I: Life up to the call from John McCain. The book I read and appreciated earlier, Sarah: How a Hockey Mom Turned the Political …
Chuck Spinney sends…. The Afghan debacle is becoming a case study of how political debate in Versailles drips in a naturally self-organizing way to protect the dysfunctional status quo. As I indicated yesterday and in September, the fundamental flaw that set the stage for the current policy making fiasco was the unexamined analytical hole in …
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Phi Beta Iota: Speaking to the World Affairs Council on 6 November 2009, Admiral Dennis Blair, USN (Ret), now the Director of National Intelligence (DNI), offered up a faint-praise indictment of a national intelligence community that is pedestrian and mis-directed. Drawing on Global Trends 2025 and the National Intelligence Strategy, both of which are lacking …
Following provided by a retired Marine colonel now serving in Afghanistan: “That I have read by Jerry Pournelle, a Scifi writer posted the following on his Blog THOUGHTS ON FORT HOOD FROM JERRY POURNELLE: “The politically correct spin is coming like a tidal wave. He is a crazy guy who happens to be a Muslim. …
