Showing posts with label civics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label civics. Show all posts
Thursday, June 30, 2016

The Brexit Referendum and the Nature of the British Constitution

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As an American watching the controversy regarding the non-binding referendum calling for the UK to leave the EU, I have wondered how it i...
Friday, September 4, 2015

FOIA FBI Background Check on Anna Rosenberg

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In recent years there has been a variety of issues that involve security background checks and the questions people have about what infor...
Sunday, December 29, 2013

More Procrastination Ideas: The Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States

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The Atlas of Historical Geography of the United States was written by Charles Paullin, a historian for the US Navy, between 1912 and 1932...
Sunday, September 29, 2013

Archaeology of the Cold War: The U2 and the History of Overhead Photography

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draft The following post is for those of my readers who are interested in the history of intelligence in this country, particularly durin...
Friday, July 19, 2013

Civics and Intelligence: Does the US Government have the Constitutional Right to Keep Secrets

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It is commonly asserted that "the people have the right to know". In other words, that if the government is keeping a sec...
Thursday, July 18, 2013

Introduction to a Course on Civics and The Intelligence Community

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My response to the Ed Snowden affair as it has played out so far is to be appalled at the level of knowledge of my friends and fellow cit...
Thursday, July 11, 2013

The Pakistani Independent Commission Report on the Bin Laden Raid

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[revised 7/15/2013] When the US attacked the compound in Pakistan and killed Bin Laden, it of course set off a tsunami of shit inside Paki...
Thursday, July 4, 2013

Some Background on the History of the 4th of July

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Its the 4th of July here in Rancho Rincon del Diablo, the Devil's Place. Hell. A white, right-wing Republican stronghold that comp...
Monday, June 17, 2013

NSA, Surveillance, Secrets 5: Motivations, Congressional Approvals and Legal Remedies

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[Revised 6/22/2013] As we learn more about what is going on here, I have to feel that that there are some surprises, but nothing too exci...

NSA, Surveillance, Secrets 4: Four Case Studies

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[Revised 6/20/2013] The National Security Agency (formerly known as Never Say Anything or No Such Agency) came into being from a variety ...

NSA, Surveillance, Secrets 3: General Background

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Here is some necessary background to understand the context of the NSA brouhaha currently ongoing. Everything here is based on public...

NSA, Surveillance, Secrets 2. Open Sources

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A tremendous amount of information is in the public domain about the NSA and other intelligence agencies. It is true that you will not b...

NSA, Surveillance, Secrets 1: Why Should We Trust the Government?

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My theory is that the brouhaha about the NSA and surveillance is only partially about the NSA and surveillance.    It is about two other ...
Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Eric Cantor, the One Ring of Power, and my Virginian High School

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Part One Once upon a time, I attended the The Collegiate Schools in Richmond, Virginia, a somewhat prestigious private high school in the...