The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
The first meeting, in Assisi on Saturday 22 January 2011, was off the record. The letter is in the Franciscan Order’s hands. The third meeting, with a major trans-Europe foundation, is off the record until the Secretary-General obtains approval to proceed with broad dissemination of the letter. The second meeting, arranged by Sergio Germani, was …
Human Intelligence (HUMINT) is not dead–it just does not exist within the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) or the Department of Defense (DoD). “Butts in Seats,” bureaucracy, political flag officers with no sense of responsibility for the commonwealth, this is our lot today. Rule 1: HUMINT is not an organization. It is a state of mind …
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The Clear-Hold-Build (C-H-B) strategy was first enunciated enthusiastically during the Bush Administration as the new counterinsurgency strategy to win the hearts and minds of the Afghan people. Actually, this strategy was merely an unimaginative regurgitation of Marshall Lautey’s “tache d’huile” (oil spot) strategy used to quell native uprisings during France colonial wars at the end …
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Worth a look….coincides with what Chuck Spinney has been saying. Defense Budget Debate: SAME OLD GAME: JUST NEW PLAYERS January 13, 2011 Harry C. Blaney III Rethinking National Security (Center for International Policy) Among the first security issues of the year is the release of information about China’s military capabilities and the recent release of the …
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China- US: CJCS Admiral Mullen said today that China’s high-tech military capabilities, including the radar-evading stealth J-20 fighter, focus on America. China has every right to develop military capabilities, Mullen said, adding that he cannot understand why many appear to target the United States despite North Korea’s being an evolving threat to the region and …
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Navy Intel Chief: Information Dominance Must Balance Firepower By Karen Parrish, American Forces Press Service, 6 January 2011 WASHINGTON (NNS) — “Information as warfare” requires operational commanders to employ intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance to dominate the information realm even as they direct combat actions, the Navy’s senior intelligence officer said Jan. 5. Vice Adm. David …
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Phi Beta Iota: The shooting of an elected official, a judge, and multiple others in Arizona is a strong signal. It was anticipated by the book TYRANNICIDE The Story of the Second American Revolution, a work of fiction that anticipated a nation-wide spree of attacks on elected politicians now known not to represent the public …
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