The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
UNESCO Global Open Access Portal launched “The Global Open Access Portal (GOAP) presents a snapshot of the status of Open Access (OA) to scientific information around the world. For countries that have been more successful in implementing Open Access, the portal highlights critical success factors and aspects of the enabling environment. For countries and regions …
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The Rise And Rise Of Western Covert Ops By Peter Apps, Political Risk Correspondent Reuters.com, October 18, 2011 WASHINGTON — Four months ago, Admiral William McRaven commanded the operation that killed Osama bin Laden. Now, as the new head of U.S. special forces, he argues that his shadowy, secretive warriors are increasingly central to how …
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After September 11: What We Still Don’t Know David Cole New York Review of Books, 29 September 2011 EXTRACT Because so much was done under the veil of secrecy, much remains unknown about the extent of the illegality. Mark Danner’s publication in these pages of the Red Cross’s report on the abusive interrogations of “high-value” …
After September 11: Our State of Exception Mark Danner New York Review of Books, October 13, 2011 EXTRACT Call it, then, the state of exception: these years during which, in the name of security, some of our accustomed rights and freedoms are circumscribed or set aside, the years during which we live in a different …
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The Cost-Savings Fantasy David Isenberg Huffington Post, 9/15/2011 Sometimes it is difficult to decide what to write about in the world of private military and security contracting issues, as there are usually a few different stories in the news on any given day that are relevant. Today, however, I don’t have that problem as there …
PRINT VERSION (Memorandum to SSCI & HPSCI with Attached Post) SHORT URL FOR THIS SPECIFIC POST: http://tinyurl.com/Clapper-Steele For information. SEPTEMBER 7, 2011 How 9/11 Transformed the Intelligence Community It’s no longer about ‘need to know.’ Our guiding principle is ‘responsibility to share.’ By James R. Clapper It has been a decade since our nation suffered …
War and Private Contractors: Can’t Live with Them, Can’t Live Without Them David Isenberg Huffington Post, 9/2/2011 EXTRACT: The number of Department of Defense (Defense), Department of State (State), and the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) contractor employees in Iraq and Afghanistan has varied, but exceeded 260,000 in 2010. The contractor employee count has …
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