Berto Jongman: Ukaine – More on Sniper Provocateurs

US, NATO, CIA supporting nazis in Ukraine project The overthrow of the government of Ukraine was an armed coup d’état ordered, planned, organized, funded, carried out and executed by the US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Pentagon, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and their surrogates in the European Union (EU) using every instrument at …

Review: Real-Time Diplomacy – Politics and Power in the Social Media Era

Philip Seib 5.0 out of 5 stars Major Contribution Leaving a Great Deal More to Be Discussed, March 4, 2014 Diplomacy is a third-rate practice at this time, largely because the governments representated by diplomats lack intelligence with integrity and are also not held accountable for making grand mistakes with consequencies measured in trillions over …

Berto Jongman: Time to Reassess Goals of Humanitarian Aid

It’s time to reassess the goals of humanitarian aid Those caught in conflict and natural disasters are part of growing trend exemplified by Syria, South Sudan and the Philippines David Miliband The Guardian, 28 February 2014 For the first time the UN has declared three simultaneous crises – in South Sudan, Syria and the Philippines …

Richard Clarke: 10 Observations on US Intelligence Gathering – Robert Steele on What Clarke Does Not Mention

Richard Clarke at RSA Conference: 10 Observations on US Intelligence Gathering A veteran counter-terrorism advisor and Presidential Review Group member on Intelligence gives his executive summary I’m in San Francisco this week to attend the RSA security conference, and to cover the Cloud Security Alliance summit for security professionals. The CSA is a terrific organization, …

Mother Jones: Can’t Touch This – Best Overview of Pentagon Corruption and Idiocy at This Time and Place

CAN”T TOUCH THIS The wars are winding down. It’s the age of austerity. But nobody messes with the Pentagon budget. Until Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.) and Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) rode to the rescue this week, Pentagon brass and their allies had been issuing dire warnings about the nation’s military readiness: The armed services were …

Patrick Meier: Crisis Mapping without GPS Coordinates

Crisis Mapping without GPS Coordinates I recently spoke with a UK start-up that is doing away with GPS coordinates even though their company focuses on geographic information and maps. The start-up, What3Words, has divided the globe into 57 trillion squares and given each of these 3-by-3 meter areas a unique three-word code. Goodbye long postal addresses …