Welcome to the War & War Costs Section of the ADC Website
This section contains both historical and current information. Our Constitution is being undermined by the secret$Billions spent each month on our wars in Iraq (Now A $4Billion Pentagon Funded Contractor-Covert War), Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, and other CIA (Black Budget), covert actions and killing wars in many foreign countries. We are engaged in CIA actions in Syria and initiated a U.S. Africa Military Command for wars there.
The United States is borrowing money from foreign countries to finance these current wars. Instead of assessing a war tax or having the public invest in war bonds to pay for them it is now being suggested that domestic programs be cut in order to pay for these wars. Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, Food Stamps, and other domestic government spending programs , like food stamps, are now on the chopping block to fund these unlimited wars and covert actions.
The U.S. Navy is engaged in 5-Year Warfare Testing Experiments in the Pacific, Atlantic, and the Gulf of Mexico (including most Island areas like Hawaii, the Mariana Islands). The programs began in 2008/2009, and are more are being approved each day (16 different U.S. Navy Environmental Impact Statements and other documents…one for each 5-Year Test Area)…See U.S. Navy Section of the ADC. Several U.S. Senators and U.S. Congressmen Mike Thompson and Henry Waxman have noted that 11.7 Million marine mammals, their breeding habitat, National Marine Sanctuaries, and biologically sensitive areas are now being sacrificed in the name of war testing.
The U.S. Navy has gone to In the name of “War Practice” the U.S. Navy is destroying our oceans with live fire exercises, bomb blasts, sonar, missile exercises, toxic chemicals, and experimental weapons testing:
http://www.agriculturedefensecoalition.org/?q=us-navy
Now is the time to end our foreign involvement in wars and start to spend money to rebuild America and protect our domestic programs. We need jobs at home not ever-increasing war expenditures. President Obama, and most of the Democrats, along with Republican members of congress, want to continue warfare spending for the next decade threatening an economic collapse of the United States. Drone warfare, CIA covert action, Pentagon Funded Wars, and a whole host of military expenditures on contractors are keeping the U.S. bankrupt. Now drones, robots, surveillance, and other warfare weapons are being funded for local use by the U.S. government.
Soon there will be so few jobs left in the U.S. which aren’t war driven that the entire U.S. economy will collapse except for the war industry. And the surveillance and spying on American citizens continues unabated at this time. Those who expose these programs are now targeted by our government, including the news media, for surveillance and in some instances criminal prosecution destroying the U.S. Constitution in the process.
The time is now for a real public debate on our current wars. It is time to withdraw from the never-ending quagmires our past two presidents have initiated (Bush/Cheney), and perpetuated (Obama/Biden and the U.S. Congress), at public expense. American war dead count in the thousands…thousands more with injuries and PTSD, suicides and unemployment among veterans rising…the toll of our wars is being felt at home. And help for Veterans coming home with their lives is being reduced as more domestic programs cuts are planned and more jobs are shipped to foreign countries.
It is time to re-examine our war policies today especially our intent to overthrow the governments of other countries in the Middle East, Africa, and South America. Our empire building and our war mongering has gone awry and become criminal in many ways as the secret and covert wars escalate with ever-increasing military budgets and covert power being used by the U.S. And there is no end in sight.
16T U.S. Department of Defense Unclassified DARPA Fiscal Year 2011 Budget Estimates-Summary.pdf
Items of Interest
472A 1949 Nuremberg Code Directives for Human Experimentation-Regulations+Ethical Guidelines.pdf
472A 2002 Do Not Attack Saddam-Iraq August 15, 2002 by Brent Scowcroft Article.pdf
472A 2002 Top Republicans Break With President Bush on Iraq Strategy NYTimes August 16, 2002.pdf
472A 2003 Frontline Chronology of Events Leading to Iraq War-United Nations-Iraq Website.pdf
472A 2003 Frontline Chronology-The Evolution of the Bush Doctrine 1991-.pdf
472A 2008 American Psychologist Research December 19, 2008 Burger-Torture Still OK for Majority.pdf
Natural Resources in Foreign Countries
War Questions & Discussion
472C 2003 Frontline Chronology The Bush Doctrine 1991-2002.pdf
472C 2003 Iraq ABC News Former Weapons Inspector Says War Scott Ritter November 14, 2003.pdf
472C 2007 Bill Moyers Journal The Press & Iraq-Buying the War New Program on PBS April 27, 2007.pdf
472C 2007 Civil Liberties in Wartime July 13, 2007 Moyers Journal.pdf
472C 2007 Congressman Kucinich April 2007 Impeach Cheney.pdf
472C 2007 The Need to Know October 26, 2007 Moyers Journal Abuse=Secrecy+Lack of Oversight.pdf
472C 2007 The Terror Presidency of George Bush Preface by Jack Goldsmith.pdf
472C 2008 Bill Moyers Journal February 1, 2008 PBS Iraq-Escalation.pdf
472C 2008 Bill Moyers Journal March 21, 2008 PBS Iraq-Interviews on the Never-Ending Wars.pdf
472C 2008 Bill Moyers Journal May 23, 2008 PBS Politics-Wars-Injustice at Home in America.pdf
472C 2008 Bill Moyers Journal May 30, 2008 PBS Iraq-Interview With Phil Donahue Part I.pdf
472C 2008 Bill Moyers Journal May 30, 2008 PBS Iraq Part I.pdf
472C 2008 Bill Moyers Journal May 30, 2008 PBS The Body of War Part I.pdf
472C 2008 Bill Moyers Journal November 14, 2008 PBS Afghanistan War.pdf
472C 2008 Bill Moyers Journal November 7, 2008 PBS Transcript Barack Obama Next President.pdf
472C 2008 Kucinich Article of Impeachment 2008 Bush U.S. House of Representatives.pdf
472C 2010 Bill Moyers Journal January 15, 2010 PBS Wall Street+War Policies Transcript.pdf
472C 2010 The Shadow War Series+Maps August 16, 2010 NYTimes United States Widens Wars.pdf
472C 2010 WAR-We Have Met the Enemy-He Is Powerpoint by Bumiller NYTimes April 27, 2010.pdf
Refugees of War – Shock & Awe Policies
Iraq – Starting in January 2012, this will be a Pentagon-Funded War = $4Billion Price Tag
472E 2002 President George Bush-National Security Strategy Full Text September 20, 2002 NY Times.pdf
472E 2007 General Wesley Clark Interview March 2, 2007 Democracy Now Transcript.pdf
472E 2008 Iraq Problems-Who is Elite Counterterrorism Force December 18, 2008 NYTimes.pdf
472E 2008 Iraq War Not Over – U.S. Troop Will Stay for Years December 14, 2008 NYTimes.pdf
472E 2008 Iraq-Reporting on My Long Iraq War 2003-2006 by Filkins August 24, 2008 NYTimes.pdf
472E 2009 Iraq Bombings Deadliest Since 2007 Raise Security Issues NYTimes October 25, 2009.pdf
472E 2009 Iraq Bombings-War Continues-More Loss of Life Deadly Blasts NYTimes September 13, 2009.pdf
472E 2009 Iraq War Repercussions-Old Problems Continue NYTimes September 13, 2009.pdf
472E 2010 A Grim Portrait of Civilian Deaths in Iraq NYTimes October 22, 2010.pdf
472E 2010 Iraq One Photograph Shows Devastation U.S. Occupation February 19, 2010 NYTimes.pdf
472E 2010 The War Logs NYTimes October 22, 2010 Dispatches from the War in Iraq.pdf
THE COST OF WAR
472F 2009 U.S. Satellite Makers vs National Security vs $$$$ NYTimes April 2, 2009.pdf
472F 2010 Secretary Clinton+Secretary Gates Seek $37.5 Billion More for Wars March 26, 2010.pdf
472F 2011 Cost of War Foreign Mostly Military Arms Aid June 29, 2011 Website.pdf
472F 2011 Cost of War Homeland Security Advisory System Budget Website June 29, 2011.pdf
472F 2011 Cost of War Pentagon Department of Defense Website June 29, 2011 Pentagon Budget.pdf
472F 2011 Cost of War Today August 11, 2011 Website http___costsofwar.pdf
472F 2011 Cost of War Website June 29, 2011 Report Summary http___costsofwar.pdf
472F 2011 Cost of War-Estimated Costs in $Billions Website June 29, 2011.pdf
GUANTANAMO & WAR DETAINEES – Legal & Moral Problems
472G 2008 Detainees and the Supreme Court NYTimes December 10, 2011.pdf
472G 2009 A Few Guantanamo Detainees Released NYTimes June 15, 2009.pdf
472G 2009 U.S. Rift With Germany GB Detainees + Economy, etc. NYTimes June 5, 2009.pdf
472G 2010 ACLU DOJ-OIG FOIA Documents Released June 18, 2010 Detainees Listing.pdf
472G 2010 ACLU FOIA Documents-FBI OIG_052008_308_357.pdf
472G 2011 Indefensible Detention-U.S. Supreme Court to Rule NYTimes Editorial March 10, 2011.pdf
472G 2011 President Obama Detention Plan Tests American Legal Tradition May 22, 2011 NYTimes.pdf
472GZ 2008 No Comment Torture Monbiot May 13, 2008 Guantanamo.pdf
South America – Haiti & Other Countries
472H 1976 Kissinger 1976 Cable Sheds More Light on Operation Condor April 10, 2010 Investigation.pdf
472H 1976 Operation Condor Information Kissinger 1976 5_19760823 Unclassified Document.pdf
472H 1976 Operation Condor Kissinger 1976 1_19760830 August 30, 1976 Unclassified Document.pdf
472H 1976 Operation Condor Kissinger 1976 3_19760920_ September 1976 Document Unclassified.pdf
472H 1976 Operation Condor Kissinger 1976 4_19761008 October 8, 1976 Document Unclassified.pdf
472H 2009 NYTimes April 22, 2009 Wider Drug War Threatens Colombian Indians-U.S. Involved.pdf
War Veterans – Injured – Homeless – Jobless – Disabled – Suffering PTSD – Suicides – Dead
The war costs that most don’t see that will last entire lifetimes. How many more are we willing to sacrifice?
472I 2008 Marine Death Home New York Times March 31, 2008.pdf
472I 2009 Iraq + Afghanistan Soldier Suicides Rising NYTimes June 7, 2009.pdf
472I 2009 More U.S. Killed+Wounded Afghanistan+Iraq NYTimes April 20, 2009.pdf
472I 2009 Veterans Administration Investigation of Awards+Bonuses NYTimes August 22, 2009.pdf
472I 2010 Four More Suicides in a Week at Fort Hood-Record Levels Reached SEPT 29, 2010 NYTimes.pdf
472I 2010 Linking Head Trauma With A.L.S. in Veterans-Many Questions NYTimes August 17, 2010.pdf
472I 2010 Who is Helping Our Wounded Veterans from Iraq+Afghanistan PBS NOW November 20, 2009.pdf
Another Long War – When Will the Pain, Suffering & Death End?
472J 2009 Israel Bombing GAZA Deadly-Coldly Lethal NYTimes January 18, 2009.pdf
472J 2009 Israel Bombs Gaza Relentlessly-Devastation Rampant NYTimes January 16, 2009.pdf
472J 2009 Israel Problems-Gaza Bombing Created More Problems NYTimes January 18, 2009.pdf
472J 2009 Israel vs Palestinians Obama Address Transcript + Video June 4, 2009.pdf
472J 2009 Israel vs Palestinians Obama Speech Good June 4, 2009 NYTimes.pdf
472J 2009 Israel War on GAZA+Palestinians=Acute Human Suffering NYTimes January 18, 2009 Page 1.pdf
472J 2009 President Elect Obama Asia Policy Difficult-Israel Problems NYTimes November 19, 2009.pdf
472J 2009 President Elect Obama-Uphill Slog-Asia+Israel NYTimes November 19, 2009.pdf
472J 2009 President Obama Asia Problems NYTimes November 19, 2009 Israel-Palestine.pdf
472J 2009 Weighing Crimes and Ethics-Israel War Against GAZA-Lebanon NYTimes January 17, 2009.pdf
472J 2010 Israel vs Obama Administration-Resettlements by Dowd NYTimes March 16, 2010.pdf
472J 2010 Israeli Robots Remake Battlefield Fox News January 12, 2010.pdf
Globalization – Weapons Sales – Genocide – Starvation – Unending Wars & Conflicts
Foreign Exploitation of Africa for Natural Resources, Land & Water
472K 2008 Genocide in Darfur Continues U.S. Bush Does Nothing NYTimes December 11, 2008.pdf
472K 2008 Massacre in Africa Congo December 11, 2008 Editorial NYTimes.pdf
472K 2008 Rwandan Officer Found Guilty-Justice Prevails NYTimes December 19, 2008.pdf
472K 2008 U.S. Not Helping Congo Region Genocide NYTimes December 13, 2008 Bush Administration.pdf
472K 2009 Zimbabwe Problems U.S. Ignores-Herbert NYTimes January 17, 2009.pdf
472K 2011 U.S. Expands Its Drone War Into Somalia July 1, 2011 NYTimes.pdf
Weapons of War – Ground – Space – Drones – Electromagnetic – Land Mines – Smart Bombs
The New “Shock & Awe Weapons” of Mass Destruction (See U.S. Navy Section)
472L 2005 U.S. Air Force Secretary Wynne Jets Leasing Scandal USA Today August 17, 2005.pdf
472L 2006 Marines Play With Chemical Irritants Oleoresin Capsicum OC Aviation Week SEPT 18, 2007.pdf
472L 2008 Cluster Bombs, Made in America June 1, 2008 NYTimes U.S. Won’t Ban Their Usage.pdf
472L 2008 Weapons Systems 60 Minutes June 1, 2008 The Pentagon’s Ray Gun Weapon.pdf
472L 2009 Aviation Week March 11, 2009 E-Bombs Could Go Mainstream Page 1.pdf
472L 2009 Aviation Week March 11, 2009 E-Bombs Could Go Mainstream Page 2.pdf
472L 2010 Aviation Week Search May 5, 2010 E-BOMB Results 18.pdf
472L 2010 Aviation Week World Aerospace Database Listings May 5, 2010 Search Results 16.pdf
472L 2010 Obama Administration The Drone and Spying War December 16, 2010 Wired News.pdf
472L 2010 U.S. Air Force Drones Leave Military Awash in Data NYTimes January 11, 2010 by Drew.pdf
472L 2010 U.S. Speeding Up Missile Defenses in Persian Gulf-Iran January 31, 2010 NYTimes.pdf
472L 2010 USGS Afghanistan Airborne Geophysics Survey Documents Website June 14, 2010.pdf
472L 2011 War Costs AS THE DRONE FLIES Ralph Nader September 26, 2011.pdf
472L 2011 War Costs-Attack of the Drones January 16, 2011 Guardian.co.uk News.pdf
472L 2011 War Costs Drone September 21, 2011 Video Guardian.co.uk News.pdf
472L 2011 War Costs The Next Generation of Drones January 13, 2011 Guardian.co.uk News.pdf
472L 2011 WAR Weapons-A New Generation of Robotic Weapons NOV 27 2010 NYTimes.pdf
Miscellaneous Information
472M 2001-2011 Iraq-Afghanistan-Pakistan Executive Summary Watson Institute-Brown University.pdf
North & South Korea
472N 2009 North Korea – Obama Needs to Find Truth NYTimes January 17, 2009.pdf
Pakistan
472P 2008 NYTimes August 19, 2008 Pakistan Destabilized by U.S.pdf
472P 2009 Obama Administration War on Pakistan Causing Turmoil NYTimes November 29, 2009.pdf
472P 2009 Pakistan Anger at U.S. Increasing With Bombing Policies August 2009 NYTimes.pdf
472P 2009 President Obama’s Pakistan War Costly-Who is Enemy NYTimes April 2, 2009.pdf
472P 2010 Pakistan Terrible 3-Month U.S. Drone Missile Attack on Pakistan NYTimes April 4, 2010.pdf
472P 2010 U.S. Soldiers Die in U.S. War in Pakistan NYTimes February 4, 2010.pdf
472P 2010 U.S. Top Villain in Pakistan Conspiracy Talk NYTimes May 25, 2010.pdf
472PZ 2010 Pakistan Defense Photo Gallery Website August 21, 2010.pdf
472PZ 2010 Pakistan Defense Website August 21, 2010 http___www.defence.pdf
472PZ 2010 Pakistan Defense Website August 21, 2010 Photograph Gallery.pdf
472PZ 2010 Pakistan Defense Website August 21, 2010 Skybolt Photograph.pdf
Iran
472Q 2007 Bill Moyers Journal October 5, 2007 PBS War With Iran Edges Closer to Reality.pdf
472Q 2008 Oil Persian Gulf U.S. Naval Strikeforce to Blockade Iran August 11, 2008 War Near.pdf
472Q 2010 U.S. Enriches Companies Defying U.S. Policy on Iran NYTimes March 6, 2010.pdf
472Q 2011 Iranian Satellite-Launch Rocket Lifts Off in Trial March 17, 2011 GSNews.pdf
Libya – Turkey – Egypt
Space-Based Weapons
Detainees – Torture – Renditions
472RT 2011 Turkey Top Generals Quit in Group-Stunning Turkish Citizens July 20, 2011 NYTimes.pdf
472T 2005 Frontline The Torture Question October 2005 Transcript.pdf
472T 2007 C.I.A. Held Qaeda Leader in Secret Jail for Months April 28, 2007 CIA Secret Jails.pdf
472T 2007 Seymour Hersh New Yorker June 25, 2007 Abu Ghraib General Taguba Torture Investigation.pdf
472T 2008 Afghanistan U.S. to Build Huge Prison May 17, 2008 NYTimes .pdf
472T 2008 Afghanistan U.S. to Build Huge Prison NYTimes May 17, 2008.pdf
472T 2008 Bill Moyers Journal 2008 PBS Books-Documentaries Iraq Torture.pdf
472T 2008 Bill Moyers Journal February 8, 2008 PBS Renditions.pdf
472T 2008 Bill Moyers Journal February 15, 2008 PBS Books Documentaries Iraq Torture.pdf
472T 2008 Bill Moyers Journal July 25, 2008 PBS U.S. Torture Policies Bush Adm.pdf
472T 2008 Bill Moyers Journal July 25, 2008 PBS U.S. Torture Policies Bush Administration.pdf
472T 2008 Bill Moyers Journal May 9, 2008 PBS Torture and Health Care.pdf
472T 2008 Iraq Prisons-Torture+Abuse-No Justice System NYTimes December 16, 2008.pdf
472T 2008 U.S. Soldiers Executed Iraqis Prisoners Charges NYTimes August 27, 2008.pdf
472T 2009 More on Torture-Undermining our Constitution-Fear Bassed NYTimes April 19, 2009.pdf
472T 2009 Afghanistan Bagram Prison-Detainees Policy Review NYTimes August 13, 2009.pdf
472T 2009 Cheney Fights to Keep Torture+Spy Policies May 20, 2009 Dowd NYTimes.pdf
472T 2009 More on Torture-Undermining our Constitution-Fear Based April 19, 2009 NYTimes.pdf
472T 2009 Red Cross Torture Report Doctors Assisted CIA Torture NYTimes April 9, 2009.pdf
472T 2009 Torture Not Working Under Bush-Investigations Needed NYTimes Opinion September 6, 2009.pdf
472T 2009 Torture Photographs+Kangaroo Courts Obama Not Right Editorial May 17, 2009 NYTimes.pdf
472T 2010 Accountability for Torture ACLU Documents Released Under FOIA 2003-2010.pdf
472T 2010 Afghanistan U.S. Detainees Brings Anger+Frustration NYTimes March 19, 2010.pdf
472T 2010 Secret Baghdad Jail Held Sunnis From the North-Torture Involved NYTimes April 21, 2010.pdf
472T 2010 Torture Loopholes Problems With Obama Administration NYTimes January 21, 2010.pdf
472T 2011 CIA Weighs-in Torture Did not Help Find Bin Laden May 18, 2011 ACLU News.pdf
472T 2011 Iraq Inside the Detainee Abuse Task Force May 13, 2011 Nation Magazine.pdf
472T 2011 The Torture Apologists NYTimes May 4, 2011.pdf
472T 2011 Tugging at Threads to Untold Stories of Torture in Iraq NYTimes May 2, 2011.pdf
472TL 2005 Torture ACLU FBI Torture Records 2005 A .pdf
472TL 2005 Torture ACLU FBI Torture Records 2005 B.pdf
472TL 2008 U.S. Supreme Court Torture Case Revived NYTimes December 16, 2008.pdf
472TL 2009 Red Cross Torture Report Doctors Assisted CIA Torture NYTimes April 9, 2009.pdf
472TZ 2009 Afghanistan Torture by English Troops October 2009 http___www.monbiot.pdf
472TZ 2009 Cheney Fights to Keep Torture and Spy Policies May 20, 2009 Dowd NYTimes.pdf
Covert Actions – Spying + War Killing Actions (Taken Over Military Functions) in Foreign Countries (See Video Below).
472U 2010 CIA Sharing Data With Climate Scientists NYTimes January 25, 2010.pdf
Private Contractors – Blackwater & Others
(Enormous Cost of Outsourcing War by Contract)
472V 2008 Blackwater – Iraq Deaths – Face Charges NYTimes December 6, 2008.pdf
472V 2008 NYTimes December 18, 2008 All Private Contractors+Blackwater Out of Iraq.pdf
472V 2009 Blackwater Xe Part of Afghanistan Contractor Surge December 21, 2009 military.com news.pdf
472V 2010 American Use of Contractors Added to War Chaos in Iraq October 23, 2010 NYTimes.pdf
472V 2010 Commission on Wartime Contracting in Iraq+Afghanistan July 12, 2010 CWC_SR2010-07-12.pdf
Afghanistan
472W 2008 Afghanistan Failures Ignited Iraq NYTimes August 21, 2008.pdf
472W 2008 Afghanistan Revival+Development June 2008 Industrial Minerals Final Article.pdf
472W 2008 Afghanistan U.S. War $ Deaths CIA NYTimes August 14, 2008 .pdf
472W 2008 U.S. Bombing Raids Afghanistan NYTimes August 24, 2008.pdf
472W 2008 United States vs NATO Over Afghanistan Trade NYTimes December 23, 2008.pdf
472W 2009 Afghanistan NYTimes September 14, 2009 Brzezinski Notes Problems for U.S.pdf
472W 2009 A Fearful Price for Presidential Wars by so few by Herbert NYTimes December 7, 2009.pdf
472W 2009 Afghanistan Election Problems NYTimes September 7, 2009 Karzai Fraud.pdf
472W 2009 Afghanistan Problems – U.S. + U.N. Problems NYTimes October 28, 2009.pdf
472W 2009 Afghanistan War – NATO Ministers Want Wider War-More Troops October 24, 2009 NYTimes.pdf
472W 2009 Afghanistan Works to Protect 33 Species During War June 9, 2009 NYTimes Dot Earth.pdf
472W 2009 Afghanistan+Pakistan Rattled by U.S. Plan for Drawdown NYTimes December 3, 2009.pdf
472W 2009 Afghanistan-British Views NYTimes October 27, 2009 by Cohen.pdf
472W 2009 Doubts About Certitude Afghanistan Gates by Maureen Dowd NYTimes December 16, 2009.pdf
472W 2009 NYTimes May 21, 2009 Afghanistan – Questionable Whether Obama Wants Peace.pdf
472W 2009 VP Biden Speaks Out on Cheney Statements October 24, 2009 NYTimes.pdf
472W 2010 Behind Afghanistan Bombing – An Agent With Many Loyalties NYTimes January 25, 2010.pdf
472W 2010 Bill Moyers Journal The War in Afghanistan Continues April 9, 2010 PBS Transcript.pdf
472W 2010 Demand an Afghanistan Exit Strategy by K. Vanden Heuvel April 26, 2010 The Nation.pdf
472W 2010 Drone War Expanding in Afghanistan NYTimes February 20, 2010.pdf
472W 2010 Headline News-Afghanistan War Death Toll Mounts NYTimes February 15, 2010.pdf
472W 2010 U.S. Afghanistan War Logs August 5, 2010 NYTimes.pdf
472W 2010 U.S. Problems in Afghanistan-Opium-Marja-What Does Winning Mean NYTimes March 20, 2010.pdf
U.S. Government Policies
472X 2002 Liberty vs Security September 10, 2002 PBS.pdf
472X 2005 U.S. President Bush OK Spying on Americans New York Times December 16, 2005 Page 1.pdf
472X 2005 U.S. President Bush OK Spying on Americans New York Times December 16, 2005 Page 2.pdf
472X 2005 U.S. President Bush OK Spying on Americans New York Times December 16, 2005 Page 3.pdf
472X 2005 U.S. President Bush OK Spying on Americans New York Times December 16, 2005 Page 4.pdf
472X 2005 U.S. President Bush OK Spying on Americans New York Times December 16, 2005 Page 5.pdf
472X 2006 War on Terror – Long War, Wrong War S.F. Chronicle Arquilla July 16, 2006.pdf
472X 2008 Torture Detainees U.S. House & Senate Report November 20, 2008.pdf
472X 2009 Afghanistan-Questionable Whether President Obama Wants Peace NYTimes May 21, 2009.pdf
472X 2009 President Bush+Cheney Legacy Left to Obama-Torture+Guantanamo NYTimes January 18, 2009.pdf
472X 2009 President Obama Detainee Problems Continuing Injustice for Many August 5, 2009 NYTimes.pdf
472X 2009 Torture Bush Administration Approves – Pentagon Role NYTimes April 22, 2009.pdf
472X 2009 Torture Cheney Master of Pain May 17, 2009 Dowd NYTimes-Pelosi Problems.pdf
472X 2009 Torture Issue CIA vs Justice Dept at Odds NYTimes August 27, 2009 CIA Problems Page 1.pdf
472X 2009 Torture No Dissent or Inquiry April 22, 2009 NYTimes CIA Wanted to Torture.pdf
472X 2009 Torture United States Government Agencies NYTimes April 16, 2009.pdf
472X 2009 U.S. Detainee Report U.S. House & Senate April 2009 NYTimes.pdf
472X 2009 War on Terrorism Huge Mistake by Arquilla S.F. Chronicle.pdf
472X 2010 NYTimes March 28, 2010 Obama Legal Team Divided on Counterterrorism Powers-Detainees.pdf
472X 2011 Blunt U.S. Warning Reveals Deep Strains in NATO June 10, 2011 NYTimes-Secretary Gates.pdf
The First Gulf War
No Comment
472Z 1991 William Kristol General Information Frontline Website.pdf
472Z 2003 PNAC Opinion by Pitt February 25, 2003 Establishment of American Global Empire.pdf
472Z 2003 Richard Perle General Information Frontline Website.pdf
Published on Nov 2, 2015
Rep Tulsi Gabbard appeared on The Rachel Maddow Show on October 7, 2015 explaining that it is critical for the US to stop getting distracted by efforts to overthrow secular dictators, like Saddam Hussein, Gaddafi, and Assad; and instead focus on defeating our enemy–ISIS and other Islamist extremists. Over-throwing Assad, Tulsi pointed out, would only cause more suffering and chaos in the Middle East and strengthen our enemy as Islamist extremists fill the power vacuum left by Assad.
U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard on Why Overthrowing Assad Would Escalate Crisis in Syria– 6/17/16
U.S. Representative Tulsi Gabbard on Why Overthrowing Assad Would Escalate Crisis in Syria– 6/17/16
472T 2011 Iraq Inside the Detainee Abuse Task Force May 13, 2011 Nation Magazine.pdf
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/iraq/view/
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/310780-1
C-SPAN2 Book Discussion on National Insecurity – January 22, 2013
“…Melvin Goodman talked about his book, National Insecurity: The Cost of American Militarism, in which he argues that our current level of spending on defense is excessive and is making us less secure. Mr. Goodman also answered questions from the audience at the Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco…”
“The Oil Kings: How the U.S., Iran, and Saudi Arabia Changed the Balance of Power in the Middle East” Book by Andrew Scott Cooper
C-SPAN2 (October 29, 2011) About the Program – Andrew Scott Cooper has worked for the United Nations, Human Rights Watch, and other nonprofit organizations. He discusses the deal for oil made between the Ford Administration and the Saudi government in 1976 – an effort to undercut the power of OPEC – and the impact it had on the Shah’s regime in Iran. Also addresses events leading up to today. Very interesting! Mr. Cooper spoke at the Gerald R. Ford Library in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Watch Detainee abuse on PBS. See more from Need To Know.
PBS NEED TO KNOW August 12, 2011
Look no further: The military’s detainee abuse investigation task force
By Lucy Kennedy
May 13, 2011
What is considered acceptable treatment of detainees in American custody has been a troublesome issue almost since the U.S. response to 9/11 began. The abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison isn’t the only example that has come to light.
This week, the debate continues over whether the killing of Osama bin Laden was made possible, at least in part, by the practice the Bush administration called “enhanced interrogation techniques” and what critics call torture. Perhaps the larger question is whether those kinds of tactics are ever justified.
In a joint investigation with the Nation Institute Investigative Fund and reporter Joshua Phillips, Need to Know reveals, for the first time, the inner workings of a little-known U.S. military task force charged with examining cases of detainee abuse in Iraq. One of the special agents in charge describes the task force as under-resourced and hampered by a bureaucracy unable or unwilling to facilitate its investigations.
Phillips, who cracked open the secret world of American soldiers who admitted to torturing detainees in his book “None of Us Were Like This Before,” now focuses on whether allegations of torture have been properly investigated by the U.S. military.
Related:
“Inside the Detainee Abuse Task Force” by Joshua Phillips [The Nation]
General Wesley Clark on Democracy Now
March 2, 2007 Interview + Video
http://www.democracynow.org/2007/3/2/gen_wesley_clark_weighs_presidential_bid (transcript of interview and different ways to listen or watch the show.)
http://www.archive.org/stream/dn2007-0302_vid/dn2007-0302_512kb.mp4 (video)
“A Future for Drones-Automated Killing” September 19, 2011 Washington Post News Video.
Entire Article at:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/national-security/a-future-for-drones-automated-killing/2011/09/15/gIQAVy9mgK_story.html?hpid=z1
“…This successful exercise in autonomous robotics could presage the future of the American way of war: a day when drones hunt, identify and kill the enemy based on calculations made by software, not decisions made by humans. Imagine aerial “Terminators,” minus beefcake and time travel…”
Guardian.co.uk News September 21, 2011 Drones: flight testing unmanned aircraft for civilian use – video
“…Drones have been used by the military for years. But now British scientists and engineers are designing and building unmanned aircraft for civilian use. Owen Bowcott joins Professor Jim Scanlan from the University of Southampton, whose academics are developing data-gathering drones for commercial customers…”
Senate Investigates Counterfeit Parts in Military Equipment
Washington, DC Presentation by C-SPAN
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
A Senate Armed Services Committee investigation found over a million suspect parts in the Pentagon’s supply chain, mostly from China. Committee leaders say the counterfeit parts are a danger to U.S. troops and cost taxpayers.
Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) and ranking Republican John McCain (R-AZ) gave several examples where the Defense Department had to replace faulty electronics at taxpayer expense. One was counterfeit transistors in a helicopter night vision system. In another instance a cockpit video display on an Air Force C-27J transport plane had bogus memory chips that could cause it to display the wrong information.
Testifying at a hearing today on the matter was the head of the Missile Defense Agency, as well as officials from defense contracting companies Raytheon, L-3 Communications, and Boeing. Additional testimonies included a government investigator and representatives of companies that distribute the potentially faulty components.
C-SPAN Hearing – Tuesday, November 8, 2011 Washington, DC
A Senate Armed Services Committee investigation found over a million suspect parts in the Pentagon’s supply chain, mostly from China. Committee leaders say the counterfeit parts are a danger to U.S. troops and cost taxpayers.
Committee Chairman Carl Levin (D-MI) and ranking Republican John McCain (R-AZ) gave several examples during a Monday news conference where the Defense Department had to replace faulty electronics at taxpayer expense. One was counterfeit transistors in a helicopter night vision system. In another instance a cockpit video display on an Air Force C-27J transport plane had bogus memory chips that could cause it to display the wrong information.
Testifying at a hearing today on the matter will be the head of the Missile Defense Agency, as well as officials from defense contracting companies Raytheon, L-3 Communications, and Boeing. Additional testimonies will include a government investigator and representatives of companies that distribute the potentially faulty components.
C-SPAN Video: Australian Parliament Speech by President Obama: November 16, 2011 White House Foreign Trip Australian Parliament
(President Obama’s New World Order Speech With U.S. Military as the Enforcer at Public Expense)
President Obama addressed the Australian Parliament. He told members that the United States would play a “larger and more long-term” role in the Asia-Pacific region. His remarks followed Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s announcement of a new military partnership between the two countries, which would include deploying about 2,500 U.S. troops to operate from a base in northern Australia.
C-SPAN October 22, 2011 Texas Book Festival: Dana Priest, “Top Secret America: The Rise of the New American Security State” – From the Texas Book Festival in Austin, Dana Priest talks about her latest book. “Top Secret America.”
Dana Priest a national security reporter for the Washington Post. Ms. Priest is the author of The Mission: Waging War and Keeping Peace with America’s Military. “Dana Priest talked about her book Top Secret America: The Rise of the New American Security State. In her book she argues that the top-secret world that the government created in response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks has become so enormous and secretive that no one knows how much money it costs, how many people it employs, or exactly how many agencies duplicate work being done elsewhere, with the result that the system put in place to keep the United States safe may be putting us it greater danger. She was interviewed by Brenda Bell and responded to questions from members of the audience.”
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/TopSecr
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The Following MASH Clip Talks About White Phosphorus also used by the United States. The horror of war is not just perpetuated by foreign countries but by the United States as part of our own Weapons of Mass Destruction Arsenal.
Whether we drop bombs via Drone or manned Aircraft is not the issue…it is still Waging War and not Peace. When people are killed or injured in war or in the thousands of genocide and other wars being waged around the world it sets in motion anger and hatred for the perpetrators who engaged in these practices which can last for generations.
Huffington Post – December 20, 2011 Video
Residents in Cawley County, Kansas video taped a wrapped object that looked much like a UFO. The Mystery Craft was towed down U.S. 77 on Monday, December 20, 2011. Transport company told the Sheriff that it was an aircraft.
Commonwealth Event-October 21, 2011 PODCAST – Broadcast on C-SPAN November 23, 2011
Beyond Petroleum: Navy Seals Leading the Charge (The U.S. Air Force is also Experimenting with Biofuels.)
Jackalyne Pfannenstiel, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Energy & Installations
Jeremy Carl, Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
The U.S. military has ambitious plans to reduce its dangerous dependence on oil and other fossil fuels. Can the buying power of the Pentagon drive innovation in new energy technologies and create markets?
This conversation explores how the U.S. Navy and other military branches can align their intellectual and financial capital to accelerate and broaden the transition to cleaner sources of electricity and transportation fuels for American forces and the American economy.
(Note: Biofuels are being considered as one of the major alternate fuels which will have a negative impact on agriculture crop production for food. As more land used for food production is turned into biofuel crops food prices will rise and soil depletion will accelerate along with the use of genetically modified weeds and other crops. This direction of our military is unsustainable in the long term and will have detrimental worldwide consequences in the next few years.)
http://www.commonwealthclub.org/events/archive/podcast/beyond-petroleum-lessons-gulf-mexico-102111
Bill Moyers, October 27, 1991. Speaking about the first Gulf War. Click on photo to start video.
1996. U.S. embargo on Iraq and Panama War. Click on photo to start video.
2003 Dennis Kucinich DNC winter meeting. Click on photo to start video.
2003 KQED. Dennis Kucinich. Click on photo to start video.
March 2, 2004. BookTV, Noam Chomsky. Click on photo to start video.
60 minutes about 1991 Gulf War syndrom. Click on photo to start video.
BookTV: E-bomb Doug Beason. Click on photo to start video.
Canada Missile Shield. NORAD. Click on photo to start video.
Nightline: Carter and Reagan: Iranian hostages. Click on photo to start video.
Nightline: Carter and Reagan: Iranian hostages. Click on photo to start video.
On the day before the 10-year anniversary of the opening of Guantanamo Bay prison, panelists talked about its future and the political debate surrounding the closing of the detention facility.
“Guantánamo Forever?” January 10, 2012 C-SPAN
Future of Guantanamo Bay
Speakers:
- Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA) Senior Member, House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee
- Andy Worthington Author, The Guantánamo Files: The Stories of the 774 Detainees in America’s Illegal Prison Co-Director, “Outside the Law: Stories from Guantánamo”
- Col. (ret) Morris Davis Executive Director, Crimes of War Education Project
- Former Chief Prosecutor, U.S. Military Commissions at Guantánamo
- Thomas Wilner Partner, Shearman & Sterling LLP Represented Guantánamo detainees in the Rasul v. Bush and Boumediene v. Bush cases
- Moderator: Peter Bergen Director, National Security Studies Program New America Foundation
- 1 hour, 31 minutes
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/BayPri
SENATOR HAGEL – U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing Speaking to Secretary Rice (The George W. Bush Administration):
“… but I would even begin with this evaluation: that we owe the military and their families a policy, a policy worthy of their sacrifices, and I don’t believe, Dr. Rice, we have that policy today.
I think what the President said last night, and I listened carefully and read through it again this morning, is all about a broadened American involvement, escalation in Iraq and the Middle East. I do not agree with that escalation. And I would further note that when you say, as you have here this morning, that we need to address, and help the Iraqis, and pay attention to the fact that Iraqis are being killed. Madame Secretary, Iraqis are killing Iraqis. We are in a civil war. This is sectarian violence out of control — Iraqi on Iraqi. Worse, it is inter-sectarian violence — Shiites killing Shiites.
To ask our young men and women to sacrifice their lives, to be put in the middle of a civil war is wrong.
It’s, first of all, in my opinion, morally wrong. It’s tactically, strategically, militarily wrong. We will not win a war of attrition in the Middle East.
And I further note that you talk about skepticism and pessimism of the American people and some in Congress. That is not some kind of a subjective analysis, that is because, Madame Secretary, we’ve been there almost four years, and there’s a reason for that skepticism and pessimism, and that is based on the facts on the ground, the reality of the dynamics.
And so I have been one, as you know, who have believed that the appropriate focus is not to escalate, but to try to find a broader incorporation of a framework. And it will have to be, certainly, regional, as many of us have been saying for a long time. That should not be new to anyone. But it has to be more than regional, it is going to have to be internationally sponsored, and that’s going to include Iran and Syria.
When you were engaging Chairman Biden on this issue, on the specific question: Will our troops go into Iran or Syria in pursuit, based on what the president said last night, you cannot sit here today, not because you’re dishonest or you don’t understand…but no one in our government can sit here today and tell Americans that we won’t engage the Iranians and the Syrians cross-border.
Some of us remember 1970, Madame Secretary, and that was Cambodia…And when our government lied to the American people and said we didn’t cross the border going into Cambodia. In fact we did. I happen to know something about that, as do some on this committee.
So, Madame Secretary, when you set in motion the kind of policy that the president is talking about here, it’s very, very dangerous. Matter of fact, I have to say, Madame Secretary, that I think this speech given last night by this president represents the most dangerous foreign policy blunder in this country since Vietnam. If it’s carried out. I will resist it…”
“On History: Tariq Ali and Oliver Stone In Conversation”
With Tariq Ali January 19, 2012 – About the Program – C-SPAN 2 Books
Filmmaker Oliver Stone and author and filmmaker Tariq Ali present their thoughts on the politics of history and what they consider to be hidden aspects of American history. Their discussion ranges across several topics, from American involvement against the Russian Revolution to a profile of the labor union, the Industrial Workers of the World. Oliver Stone and Tariq Ali speak at the New York Public Library in New York City. About the Authors – Tariq Ali is the author of several books, including The Obama Syndrome: Surrender at Home, War Abroad and The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power. He is the editor of New Left Review. For more information, visit tariqali.org.
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/AliO (Video)
Texas cops hit obstacles (and their own truck)testing UAVs; drones coming anyway
IT World News – March 5, 2012
“…High maintenance costs, frequent errors and crashes slow tests in various Texas police agencies (and other States).
Drones: Unreliable but soon to be ubiquitous
Expensive, crash prone or not, unmanned aerial vehicles will become far more common in the U.S. following legislation signed by President Obama ordering the FAA to approve more UAVs for law enforcement and fire/emergency uses beginning in 90 days.
The FAA has restricted use of drones domestically due to concerns that UAVs flown by untrained operators would become a hazard to other aircraft and danger to people on the ground.
The Obama order gives the FAA until Sept. 30, 2015 to make legal drones that are lighter than 4.4 pounds and fly lower than 400 feet.
They won’t just be for police, though. The legislation doesn’t limit the uses for which its drones can be used, which will almost certainly make life much easier for paparazzi, stalkative exes and hordes of the intrusive, nosy and curious…”
C-SPAN Video: U.S. House Democratic Steering and Policy Committee Hearing: Gasoline Prices & Market Speculation – April 4, 2012
The House Democratic Steering Committee heard testimony on the impact of Wall Street speculators on gas prices. Among the topics they addressed were production capacity in the U.S., the affect of speculation in oil markets, and the impact of geopolitical unrest.
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/USTaxS
C-SPAN Video – Tax System – April 11, 2012
Americans for Democratic Action Education Fund
The panel will focus on inequities in the tax code and how to make the system fairer. Topics will include the lower rate on investment income vs. earned income; the mischaracterization of high-end salaries as investment income; offshore tax avoidance schemes; corporate tax loopholes; and the income cap on Social Security contributions.
The Congressional Progressive Caucus is serving as honorary host of this event.
WHO:
Panelists
Dean Baker of the Center for Economic and Policy Research;
Elspeth Gilmore, co-director of Resource Generation;
Mike Lapham, director of the Responsible Wealth project at United for A Fair Economy;
Chuck Marr, Director of Federal Tax Policy at the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities;
Robert McIntyre, founder of Citizens for Tax Justice;
Rebecca Thiess, Federal Budget Policy Analyst at the Economic Policy Institute
Moderator: John Nichols, Nation magazine
“…Washington, DC – Sunday, April 22, 2012 – C-SPAN – This week on Q&A, author Douglas Wissing discusses his latest narrative, “Funding the Enemy: How U.S. Taxpayers Bankroll the Taliban.” Mr. Wissing states in his book that for a variety of reasons, much of the taxpayer money the United States spends in Afghanistan is being diverted and used for funding the Taliban. Wissing describes his experiences obtained from being an embedded journalist with five different units of the National Guard, including the agricultural business development team and the provincial reconstruction team.
He describes the existing government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai as “wholly corrupt.” He offers examples of U.S. government spending projects which wind their way through a mostly corrupt bidding process by Afghan contractors. He asserts that money skimmed from bribes and drug trafficking is indirectly going to support the Taliban’s efforts against America in Afghanistan. He states that aid dollars from the United States are being distributed yet there is little effort to follow through and verify the intended results of that distribution. He concludes that it is time for the United States to end its military involvement in Afghanistan.
Douglas Wissing is an independent journalist and author. He studied history and political science at Indiana University and is the author of five other books including “Pioneer in Tibet: The Life and Perils of Dr. Albert Shelton.” (2004) He has contributed to the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, National Geographic Traveler, and NPR networks, among others…”
C-SPAN-2 Video – Book: United States of Fear – February 10, 2012
Tom Engelhardt, creator and editor of TomDispatch.com, argues that the U.S. government successfully used the threat of terrorism to scare the public into supporting increased spending on war, the military, and homeland security, leading the country down the same path the Soviet Union took just prior to its collapse. During this event, Mr. Engelhardt is in conversation with journalist and author Jeremy Scahill. Hosted by New York University.
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/StatesofF
Homeland Security Advisor Speaks about Ethics of White House Strategy – Washington, DC – Monday, April 30, 2012 – C-SPAN Video – John Brennan, the Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism, confirmed the use of drones in terrorist strikes Monday at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC. He called the strikes “legal, ethical and wise,” using the highest standards to best try to limit loss of civil life. Brennan was the former director of the CIA’s National Counterterrorism Center.
C-SPAN2 Video – BOOK: The Race’s For What’s Left March 20, 2012: “…Michael Klare looks at what countries around the world are doing to secure dwindling resources like coal, uranium, cooper, water, and arable land. He spoke at the Carnegie Council in New York City…”
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/Racefo
C-SPAN Video – U.S. Senate Hearing – May 23, 2012 = “…Law of the Sea Treaty (This should be opposed) – Senate Committee Foreign Relations= Secretaries Clinton and Panetta and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Martin Dempsey testified on the United Nations Law of the Sea Treaty, an international convention that sets rules for under- and over-sea travel and commerce. The U.S. is the only major country that has not ratified the treaty. The witnesses argued in favor in favor of the U.S. signing the agreement for reasons that included national security, job creation, oil exploration, and countering China’s influence in Asia. Senators who argued against the treaty cited loss of sovereignty, imposition of an international tax, and the allowance of foreign nations to regulate U.S. energy emissions as the basis for their disapproval. Secretary Clinton in her opening statement said that opposition to the treaty is based on “ideology and mythology.”
Washington, DC – C-SPAN Video “…Thursday, June 7, 2012-Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff answers questions from members of the press at the Pentagon. Questions from the media included inquiries about the situations in Afghanistan and Syria, the DOD budget, and the nuclear talks with Iran. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is nearing the end of an eight-day trip through Asia as part of the Obama Administration’s stated goal of moving more of it’s defense resources to the Asia-Pacific region…”
C-SPAN Video – Defense Spending & Public Opinion – July 16, 2012 “…Panelists talked about Defense Department spending and the looming sequestration cuts. They unveiled the results of a recently-conducted survey in which Americans were given defense budgeting information and were asked to create their own Pentagon budget. On average, the survey respondents cut 18 percent in spending to the defense budget. Sequestration would cut an additional $500 billion over a decade on top of the $487 billion of cuts agreed to under the Budget Control Act…”
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/SpendingandP
Q&A – C-SPAN Interview with David Wood – Washington, DC
Sunday, July 22, 2012 “…This week on Q&A, our guest is David Wood, senior military correspondent for the Huffington Post. He discusses winning the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting. He authored a ten part series for the Huffington Post named ”Beyond the Battlefield: The War Goes on for the Severely Wounded.” Wood describes spending over nine months speaking and interacting with severely wounded veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In addition, he recounts his interviews with the families of the soldiers, as well as more than two dozen military surgeons, combat medics, therapists, nurses and others at treatment facilities across the country. He states that with medical advancements, almost every soldier who is wounded on the battlefield is being saved for some period of time. His goal was to write about what life was like for these people who were severely wounded, and share their personal struggles with everyday life. The prize winning series has been released as a Huffington Post e-book as well as being available online. Wood also talks about his early years covering wars, including his receiving the Gerald R. Ford Journalism award for distinguished reporting on national defense. David Wood is the Senior Military Correspondent for the Huffington Post. Prior to that, he worked at Politics Daily. He has written for the Baltimore Sun, Time Magazine, the Newhouse News Agency, and the Los Angeles Times. He has a Bachelor’s degree from Temple University, is married with five children, and lives in Washington, D.C…”
CNN News – Security Clearance August 15, 2012 Article & Video on U.S. Air Force Wind Rider Supersonic Aircraft http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2012/08/14/imagine-flying-from-new-york-to-london-in-under-an-hour/
U.S. Air Force Supersonic Aircraft Fails Flight Test Again – Faulty Fin Dooms Hypersonic Jet
Vehicle Flies Out Of Control Before Main Engine Could Be Ignited – August 15, 2012
http://www.10news.com/news/31359227/detail.html
What is the cost to taxpayers for this Supersonic Aircraft and for all of these tests?
August 17, 2012 NBC News Article & Video
“Researcher Creates Most Powerful MASER Ever With Spare Parts”
The term MASER is actually an acronym, like LASER: Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation (for laser, substitute “light” for “microwave”).
http://www.npl.co.uk/news/maser-power-comes-out-of-the-cold
http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v488/n7411/full/nature11339.html
“…MASER stands for Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Devices based on this process and known by the same acronym were developed by scientists more than 50 years ago, before the first LASERs were invented.
Instead of creating intense beams of light, as in the case of LASERs, MASERs deliver a concentrated beam of microwaves…The research was funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council and, at NPL, through the UK’s National Measurement Office. The full paper, ‘Room-temperature solid-state maser’, was published in Nature on 16 August 2012…”
C-SPAN Book TV February 3, 2013 – Book: “Going to Tehran: Why the United States Must Come to Terms with the Islamic Republic of Iran” by Flynt Leverett & Hillary Mann Leverett who “
…argue that the U.S. needs to change its policy towards the government of Iran, which they say is a rational actor that will play a leading role in the Middle East for many years to come…Flynt Leverett is a professor of international affairs at Penn State. From 1992 to 2003, he worked on Middle East policy at the National Security Council, The State Department, and the CIA. Prof. Leverett is the author of “Inheriting Syria: Bashar’s Trial By Fire…Hillary Mann Leverett is a senior professorial lecturer at the American University in Washington, DC and a visiting scholar at Peking University in Beijing, China. She served as director for Iran, Afghanistan and Persian Gulf Affairs at the National Security Council under President George W. Bush, and has negotiated with Iranian officials on behalf of the U.S. government…”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2013/mar/06/james-steele-america-iraq-video
Guardian.co.uk Investigation March 6, 2013 – Iraq Torture Centers Video & Article
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2013/mar/06/james-steele-america-iraq-video
“…A 15-month investigation by the Guardian and BBC Arabic reveals how retired US colonel James Steele, a veteran of American proxy wars in El Salvador and Nicaragua, played a key role in training and overseeing US-funded special police commandos who ran a network of torture centres in Iraq. Another special forces veteran, Colonel James Coffman, worked with Steele and reported directly to General David Petraeus, who had been sent into Iraq to organise the Iraqi security services…”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/mar/06/pentagon-iraqi-torture-centres-link
“Exclusive: General David Petraeus and ‘dirty wars’ veteran behind commando units implicated in detainee abuse”
March 6, 2013 Guardian.co.uk Article by Smith, Madlena, O’Kane
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2013/mar/06/james-steele-iraq-video
Guardian.co.uk Investigation into Colonel James Coffman – Iraq Torture March 6, 2013
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2013/mar/06/james-steele-iraq-video
“…This is the only known footage of former special forces veteran James Steele in Iraq. He is seen standing next to Colonel James Coffman, who has described himself as being General David Petraeus’s ‘eyes and ears on the ground’ in Iraq. Petraeus financed the Special Police Commandos out of a multimillion-dollar fund…”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2013/mar/06/james-steele-iraq-video
September 18, 2016
60 Minutes
The New Cold War
60 Minutes gets a rare look inside U.S. Strategic Command and discovers the extraordinary measures the military takes to make sure only the president can launch a nuclear attackThe following is a script from “The New Cold War” which aired on Sept. 18, 2016. David Martin is the correspondent. Mary Walsh, producer.
One of the key questions of this presidential campaign is who has the health and temperament to become the next commander-in-chief and assume the unthinkable power to use nuclear weapons. The Cold War as we knew it may be over, but both the U.S. and Russia still keep enough nuclear weapons on alert to end civilization. And now a new Cold War is brewing with both sides developing more sophisticated and more accurate weapons.
217 2016 The New Cold War September 18, 2016 60 Minutes Transcript+Video.pdf