Chuck Spinney: Insane Insider Threat Program in Context of Morally and Mentally Bankrupt US Intelligence System

Attached herewith is an essay I just wrote for Counterpunch. For you convenience  I have also attached a very important McClatchy report on the Orwellian Insider Threat Program being promoted by the Obama Administration. The lead co-author, Jonathan Landay, is one of the few mainstream reporters who has been onto the lunacy unleashed by 9-11 …

Berto Jongman: YouTube (48:52) Definitive Trial and Virtual Conviction of NSA

DEFCON 20: Bigger Monster, Weaker Chains: The National Security Agency and the Constitution”>DEFCON 20: Bigger Monster, Weaker Chains: The National Security Agency and the Constitution Published on Nov 17, 2012 Speakers: JAMEEL JAFFER DEPUTY LEGAL DIRECTOR, AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION WILLIAM BINNEY FORMER OFFICIAL, NATIONAL SECURITY AGENCY JAMES BAMFORD INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALIST ALEX ABDO STAFF ATTORNEY, …

Mini-Me: Has Europe Been Castrated? Or Just Gotten a Lobotomy? Snowden Shitstorm Goes Global with “Virtual Kidnapping” of Bolivian President

Huh? Bolivia furious over Snowden jet claims Bolivia plane incident infuriates Latin America Barring of Bolivian Plane Infuriates Latin America as Snowden Case Widens Snowden case: Bolivia condemns jet ‘aggression’ Snowden case: France apologises in Bolivia plane row South American nations discuss Morales ‘virtual kidnapping’ Unasur Confirms Special Summit in Bolivia US admits contact with …

Mike Lofgren: The Sleep of Reason Breeds Monsters – the Failure of American Public Institutions Enabled by the Collapse of American Public Intelligence

The Authoritarian Seduction “The sleep of reason breeds monsters.” -Francisco Goya The Gallup organization has released yet another dog-bites-man opinion poll which found that Americans’ confidence in Congress has fallen to a record low of 10 percent. This result is a continuation of a decades-long trend of declining approval ratings for Congress, and is justifiable …

2013 Robert Steele: $500 Million to Resettle 1 Million on a Moonscape with Sun, Dirt, & Salt Water….Exploring the Practical Edge of Intelligence with Integrity — 2.0 Habitat Cost Sheet Posted

OUR OBJECTIVE:  Figure out how to take one million people out of a virtual hell and resettle them into a virtual heaven, using only $500 million ($500 per person), and three ingredients available in plentitude: sunlight, barren earth, and salt water.  Begin within 90 days and finish within two years.  In so doing, create the …

Neal Rauhauser: Curator Skill Sheet — Future of Public Intelligence from the Bottom Up

Compiled this from the source document: Curator Types •  Aggregator •  Distiller •  Elevator •  Masher •  Chronologist Curator Skills •  Sense-making: the ability to determine significance •  Social intelligence: the ability to connect with others in a deep way •  Adaptive thinking: the ability to come up with novel solutions •  Cross-cultural competency: the …

Robin Good: Bi-Lingual Curation “Pills” Open Way to Zip-Code Public Intelligence Building Blocks

Etceter is a new content curation tool which allows you to create and arrange information pages on any topic, by bringing and organizing together web site links, video clips, images and/or original texts. Ay curated information page, containing as many media elements as you need, is called a Pill. You can group and assign different …