Chuck Spinney: Immanuel Wallerstein on Saudi Arabia – Besieged and Fearful

Saudi Arabia: Besieged and Fearful The Saudi regime has long been considered a pillar of political stability in the Middle East, a country that commanded respect and prudence from all its neighbors. This is no longer true, and the first ones to recognize this are those who are important internal players in the regime. Today, …

PDF (61 Pages): ARSTRAT_IO_Newsletter_v14_no_02  Articles included are: 1. Psychological Warfare Meets Hallmark: Colombia’s Christmas Ads Target Guerrillas 2. Pentagon’s Cyber Arm Poised to Expand Role 3. PLA Considers Setting Up Joint Command for Era Of Modern Warfare 4. DoD Hones Skills with Cyber Flag Exercise 5. General: Strategic Military Satellites Vulnerable to Attack in Future …

Jean Lievens: 21 Technologies That Will Decentralize the World

21 Technologies That Will Decentralize the World Across the planet, new technologies and business models are decentralizing power and placing it in the hands of communities and individuals. “We are seeing technology-driven networks replacing bureacratically-driven hierarchies,” says VC and futurist Fred Wilson, speaking on what to expect in the next ten years. View the entire …

Daniel Ellsberg: US Culture of Secrecy & Security Overreach

Q&A: Daniel Ellsberg on US surveillance The famed American whistle-blower discusses US national security, and those who expose its overreach. Sadie Luetmer Al Jazeera, 24 February 2014 Huntingdon, United States – In 1971, US military analyst Daniel Ellsberg leaked thousands of pages of a top-secret study on the Vietnam War to the American press. The …

Jim Fetzer: Saudi Role in 9/11 Theater Goes Very Public — Details That Cannot Be Denied?

Suppressed Proof: Saudi Arabia Was Complicit in 9/11 “Since 15 of the 19 alleged suicide terrorist were from Saudi Arabia and none were from Iraq, would it not have made more sense to have invaded Saudi Arabia instead of Iraq?” Veterans Today, 23 February 2014 It has now become clear that a major cover-up has …