Geopolitical – Week of 09.08.13

Snowden Leaks Only Tip of the Iceberg
DW | 05 September 2013
A former NSA technical director tells DW that the revelations by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden do not reveal the full extent of NSA surveillance…

China Snatched Away the Turkmenistan – Afghanistan – Pakistan – India Pipeline from USA
Stratrisks | 08 September 2013
“With a subtle motion of the hand” China took away the Turkmenistan…

Maneuver: U.S. Wants to Simulate Total Blackout After Terror Attack
Deutsche Wirtschafts Nachrichten | 11 September 2013
The U.S. will simulate in November in a large-scale maneuver a total failure of the power grid…

U.S. Spy Network’s Successes, Failures and Objectives Detailed in ‘Black Budget’ Summary
The Washington Post | 29 August 2013
U.S. spy agencies have built an intelligence-gathering colossus since the attacks of Sept. 11…

New Poll Finds Most Americans Open to Alternative 9/11 Theories
911Truth.org | 10 September 2013
One in Two Surveyed Have Doubts About Government’s Account of 9/11…

Information Operations Roadmap – October 2003
Department of Defense | 30 October 2003
The Information Operations Roadmap provides the Department with a plan to advance the goal of information operations as a core military competency…

9 11 The Official Story Defies Science
YouTube | 10 September 2012
Jet fuel does not melt steel…

Desperate U.K. Turns to Shale Gas
MIT Technology Review | 10 September 2013
To meet emissions goals, the U.K. is reluctantly turning to fracking of shale gas…

No Economic Espionage? NSA Docs Show US Spied on Brazil Oil Giant Petrobras
RT | 09 September 2013
Despite earlier US assurances that its Department of Defense…

Holy Cow: Former Chairman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission Says Every Single Reactor in the U.S. Should Be Shut Down
AlterNet | 04 September 2013
The nuclear industry is having its own meltdown…

As Worries Over the Power Grid Rise, a Drill Will Simulate a Knockout Blow
The New York Times | 16 August 2013
The electric grid, as government and private experts describe it, is the glass jaw of American industry…

Pentagon Adjusts Plans for More Intense Attacks on Syria
Los Angeles Times | 07 September 2013
The Pentagon is preparing for a longer bombardment of Syria than it originally had planned…

G-20 Needs to Reinvent Itself to Be Relevant
Bloomberg | 05 September 2013
Is the Group of 20 leading economies any longer fit for purpose?

Syria, Turkey, Israel and a Greater Middle East Energy War
Voltairenet.org | 12 October 2012
Despite the miscarriage of NATO’s secret military operation against Syria…

Report: AIPAC to Mount Major Lobbying Blitz for Obama’s Syria Strike Plan
The Jerusalem Post | 06 September 2013
Lobby to campaign for resolution as the measure to attack Syria…

WBAI’s Death by Democracy
The Village Voice | 04 September 2013
Warring activists cause a legendary public radio station to implode…

Brazil Cancels Preparations for President Rousseff US Visit
RT | 05 September 2013
Brazil has canceled preparations for the visit of President Dilma Rousseff…