Review (Guest): Light at the End of the Tunnel: A Survival Plan for the Human Species

Paul Hellyer 5.0 out of 5 stars Beams of Light from a Well-Respected Statesman September 18, 2010 By Gerald MacLennon Unlike our Asian counterparts, the West often fails to accord our wise elders the honor they deserve – the status they have earned by devoting their lives to love of, and service to humankind. Paul …

Richard Stallman: Free Software Supporter Issue 61 April 2013

Free Software Supporter Issue 61, April 2013 Welcome to the Free Software Supporter, the Free Software Foundation’s monthly news digest and action update — being read by you and 68,579 other activists. That’s 686 more than last month! View this issue online here: http://www.fsf.org/free-software-supporter/2013/free-software-supporter-issue-61-april-2013 Encourage your friends to subscribe and help us build an audience …

Chuck Spinney & Philip Giraldi: The Poisonous (Treasonous?) Influence of the Neo-Cons…Why Isn’t the FBI Going After Them?

While there is little that is new in the attached article by Philip Giraldi; it is nevertheless very important and well worth reading.  Giraldi has produced an excellent summary of the truly poisonous influences on US foreign and defense policies, a group more accurately described by the collective modifier neo-conmen. He describes how the influence of this movement’s …

Review (Guest): Networked – The New Social Operating System

Lee Raine and Barry Wellman Networked, June 6, 2012 Jenny Davis Broad Summary Rainie and Wellman, using scores of data, argue that we live in a networked operating system characterized by networked individualism. They describe the triple revolution (networked revolution, internet revolution, and mobile revolution) that got us here, and discuss the repercussions of this …

Search: tactical versus strategic intelligence + Meta-RECAP

An important question — the USA no longer does strategic intelligence and it has never done Whole of Government operational or tactical intelligence.  The $60B secret world is largely worthless at all four levels of analysis: STRATEGIC:  Next Generation near, 100 years our far OPERATIONAL:  Whole of Government regional and threat/topic based campaign plans, harmonized …

Michael Brenner: Is CIA a National Liability?

The C.I.A.: A National Liability? Michael Brenner Senior Fellow, the Center for Transatlantic Relations; Professor of International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh Huffington Post, 22 April 2013 The errant actions of the C.I.A. are by now so evident that they are a staple of Washington conversation. Like the weather, though, it is the topic everybody talks …

Marcus Aurelius: The Cuban Penetration of DIA and CIA Well Told — and the Polygraph Monster Adds to Incestuous Churn

Actually, story is reasonably well known within USG in DC area.  Scott Carmichael, DIA CI SA, wrote pretty good (and approved) book on case.  But unfortunate facts remains that (1) DGI recruited her and ran her in place for a long time using reasonable standard of tradecraft and (2) she beat polygraph.  DIA has now joined …