The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Message from the Director: Lessons from Khowst Last December, our Agency family lost seven courageous and talented colleagues in a terrorist attack at Forward Operating Base Chapman in Khowst, Afghanistan. These dedicated men and women were assigned to CIA’s top priority—disrupting and dismantling al-Qa’ida and its militant allies. That work carries, by its very nature, …
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Linda Norgrove: how the rescue operation was bungled (Telegraph UK) U.S. Navy Seal may have killed hostage (Telegraph UK) British hostage killed during rescue bid (The Hindu) Aid worker Linda Norgrove was close to freedom, Afghan tribal elders claim (Telegraph UK) We can’t rely on American intelligence, so why entrust hostages’ lives to U.S. forces? …
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David Isenberg Author, Shadow Force: Private Security Contractors in Iraq Posted: October 9, 2010 12:20 AM PMSC and the Quest for Perfect Information Phi Beta Iota: Click on the PMSC title to read the entire post at Huffington Post. Below is the quoted testimony followed by a link to our review of the officer’s book. …
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Seven actual or potential conflict situations around the world deteriorated and none improved in September 2010, according to the latest issue of the International Crisis Group’s monthly bulletin CrisisWatch, released today. Guinea saw increased political and ethnic divisions, exacerbated by controversies related to the presidential elections. Two days of violent clashes in the capital between …
Amazon Exclusive: Hugh MacLeod Reviews Linchpin Hugh MacLeod is an artist, cartoonist, and Web 2.0 pundit whose blog, gapingvoid.com, has two million unique monthly visitors. His first book, Ignore Everybody, was an Amazon Top Ten Business Book of the Year and a Wall Street Journal bestseller. Read his exclusive Amazon guest review of Linchpin: This …
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Phi Beta Iota: We beg one and all to read this and to contribute to the Co-Intelligence Institute whatever they can, be it $20 or $250 (our founder’s usual contribution). Tom Atlee brought collective intelligence and public intelligence to where it is today. America–and the world–need him vibrant and engaged. PLEASE do what you can …
Large Majority of Americans Thinks Country Needs Viable Third Party By: Jon Walker Monday September 20, 2010 1:03 pm A large majority of Americans, 58 percent, believe that the country needs a third major party to adequately represent the American people, according to a new Gallup poll. Only 35 percent think the Democratic and Republican …
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