I Had a Dream
“I have a dream.” Like most Americans, hearing those words conjures images of the Rev. Martin Luther King passionately sharing his vision from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, where thousands...
View Article#musicmonday: the greatest story ever hula’ed [free mp3 downloads]
WHAT IS #MUSICMONDAY? Every week, Komplicated posts a lot of links to free music you can download. Why? Why the hell not? We're not hosting the links, we didn't upload 'em, we have no legal liability...
View ArticleThe Secret Service, Prostitutes and a Presidential visit: Is this a Novel?
Tom Matlack weighs in on the Secret Service’s peccadilloes in Colombia. I have spent that last few days skipping back and forth between The Expats by Chris Pavone and news about 21 prostitutes brought...
View ArticleFormer CIA Agent Says UFO Was, In Fact, a UFO
I love this stuff. Not the idea of aliens landing on Earth and eating our brains or whatever, but when “truth” comes out after many decades… Newser Reports: Sixty-five years ago yesterday, a Roswell...
View ArticleDavid Petraeus and Public Morality
If secrets are a danger, isn’t openness the best defense? Or does the public lust for sex scandals trump everything? There are two particularly odd aspects to the resignation of David Petraeus over...
View ArticleA World of Rumors
Samuel Sattin compares the rumors in today’s news cycle with the sordid and libelous story that plagued him throughout junior high. RUMORS, GOSSIP, LIBELS and the like have been woven into the fabric...
View ArticleGeneral John Allen Cleared of Wrongdoing in Tampa Socialite Case
The Pentagon’s inspector general has found nothing to point to conduct unbecoming an officer in Gen. Allen’s email communications with a Tampa socialite. Marine General John R. Allen has been cleared...
View ArticleWhat Does the Future Look Like for the Man Responsible for the Death of Osama...
The Navy SEAL responsible for the death of Osama bin Laden, one of the “most decorated combat veterans of our age,” will receive virtually no assistance transitioning into civilian life. What does it...
View ArticleSecret Gitmo Camp Does Not ‘Meet International Standards’ According to...
James Connell, a lawyer for one of the five Guantanamo prisoners charged in the Sept. 11 terror attack, was granted rare access to an “ultra-secret section of the Guantanamo Bay.” — Connell said on...
View ArticleA Modest (and Dishonest) Plan to Bring the NSA to its Knees
Michael A. Stusser shares his misleading digital profile. Or does he? #DigitalMadness I am the CEO of a corporation (Think Inc.) that does not exist. Apparently, I live in Mykonos, Greece. My profile...
View ArticleCall It What It Is: The United States Tortures Human Beings
Rev. Neil O’Farrell asks: At what time did American civilization end? — The United States tortures human beings. We’ve called it “enhanced interrogation techniques,” but ethics demand we call things...
View ArticleAre Drones More than Killing and Surveillance Machines?
How do we benefit from drones without giving up our privacy, civil rights and humanity in the process? — From the very first formation of primitive social groups in the dawn of humanity, there have...
View ArticleHow much of the CIA Torture Report should be Made Public?
This is a fight for the Integrity, Credibility and Soul of America and what we stand for. In yet another battle with the CIA, Senator Diane Feinstein, Democrat from California and chair of the...
View ArticleWhy Did America Embrace Torture as Policy?
The Senate’s official report on the use of torture during the Bush Administration is out, and it’s hard to see how it could be worse. ___ The big news of this week has to be the release of the Senate...
View ArticleWhat Circle of Hell?
Rev. Neil O’Farrell and the darkest horror of the torture report ––– Rectal hydration. Evidently it was practiced by the Central Intelligence Agency, in what were called dungeons, in God-forsaken...
View ArticleThe CIA Tortures Abroad
Public Witness Against Torture (Washington, DC: March 10, 2008) Who tortures US citizens at home? ––– The U.S. Senate recently released a report on the brutal interrogation techniques perpetrated by...
View ArticleIs Tackling Discrimination a Hard or a Soft Art?
A “one size fits all” approach can never be sufficient. — The only real way to disarm your enemy is to listen to them. If you hear them out; if you’re brave enough to really listen to their story, you...
View ArticleLike John le Carré? Then Read This, by His Plausible Successor.
Embed from Getty Images At a college where everyone seemed astronomically bright, Joe Kanon was the bright guy who was also astronomically nice. That is a winning combination in some professions. He...
View ArticleWho killed JFK? A former CIA agent wrote a thriller. True? Well, truly...
Embed from Getty Images So, after 50 years, many of the government’s files about the assassination of President Kennedy have been released. Did you learn anything? I didn’t. And when more are...
View ArticleKnowledge Is Power: US Global Dominance Was Based on Information Control
— It’s the stuff of spy novels: “The intelligence coup of the century” is an exposé by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Greg Miller in the Washington Post about how a Swiss cryptography company used by many...
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