The truth at any cost lowers all other costs — curated by former US spy Robert David Steele.
Pentagon’s top three threats in the ‘deep future’ What sorts of threats will the US military face in the “deep future”? That was the topic of a panel at the Association of the US Army (AUSA) conference this week, the heavily attended annual trade show that draws top Pentagon officials and defense contractors. It’s a …
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Big Idea for 2014: Open Data (the Legacy of Aaron Swartz) by Big Think Editors, December 21, On this blog we are looking at the ideas that had the greatest impact in 2013 and testing them out to see what their impact will be in 2014 and beyond. A good place to start is this …
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A spy world reshaped by Edward Snowden Leaks from the former NSA contractor have been so illuminating that experts say they mark a turning point in U.S. intelligence operations. By Ken Dilanian Los Angeles Times, December 22, 2013 WASHINGTON — After news reports that the National Security Agency had secretly monitored German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s …
Tough love, this is. Lessons Learned from a 22 Year Fight: 01 Steele’s biggest mistake was in not ensuring OSS conference presentations were indexed in Conference Proceedings. Core value of presentation at International Studies Association (Intelligence) is that papers presented there are indexed and visible. 02 International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence, American Intelligence Review, …
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A Jewish State Would Not Be Oppressive or Racist Toward the Powerless, the Immigrants, the Homeless, The Other–an essay by Uri Avnery Editor’s Note: Uri Avnery, a committed atheist, and chair of Israel’s peace movement Gush Shalom, recognizes that the real problem in Israel today is not that it is a Jewish state, but that it …
The United States of Confusion and Disorder Descent into Chaos by FRANKLIN C. SPINNEY COUNTERPUNCH, WEEKEND EDITION NOVEMBER 1-3, 2013 The US exit strategy from Afghanistan is emerging …. and the picture is not pretty. Nevertheless, it is a revealing microcosm of what now passes for governance in the United States of Confusion and Disorder. …
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Professor Brenner gave me permission to distribute and post the attached essay. Without saying so, he describes a way that seems tailor-made to systematically violate just about all the criteria for a sensible grand strategy. Chuck Spinney The Blaster 27 OCTOBER 2013 NSA DOES THE GRAND TOUR by Michael Brenner, PhD Professor of International …
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