Geopolitical – Week of 7.31.11

French Court Orders Investigation of Lagarde
The Wall Street Journal (4 Aug 11)

Home Visits And Other ‘Secrets Of The FBI’
NPR (2 Aug 11)

Dispatch: Russian Privatization and Modernization
Stratfor (1 Aug 11)

Rep. Paul Introduces Bill to Cancel $1.6 Trillion in Debt held by Federal Reserve
EconomicPolicyJournal.com (2 Aug 11)

The SEC’s Co-Chief Counsel On Derivatives (Such As Abacus), Worked As Outside Counsel For Paulson & Co, And Signed Off… On Abacus
Zero Hedge (2 Aug 11)

Revolving Door at S.E.C. Is Hurdle to Crisis Cleanup
DealBook (1 Aug 11)

The Debt Ceiling Has Been Raised 102 Times Since 1917
Kitty Reporter’s Blog (14 July 11)

Super Congress To Target Second Amendment
PrisonPlanet (1 Aug 11)

Debt Deal Would End Subsidized Loans To Grad Students, Produce Savings Equal To Only Three Months In Afghanistan
Think Progress (1 Aug 11)

The Debt Deal: Winners and Losers
Money Watch (1 Aug 11)

Ex-General Re, AIG Officers Win Retrial
Bloomberg (1 Aug 11)

The President Surrenders
The New York Times (31 July 11)


YouTube
(29 July 11)

Congress Needs to Overhaul U.S. Secrecy Laws and Increase Oversight of The Secret Security Establishment (PDF)
American Civil Liberties Union (July 2011)

What is Really Happening in Iraq (Graphic Images)
The Liberty Underground (1 Feb 11)

US Military and CIAInterventions Since World War II.
Killing Hope

Tentative Deal Would Raise Debt Limit by $2.4 trillion
USA Today (31 July 11)

Deficits Don’t Matter — Till China Says They Do
Journal Inquirer.com (30 July 11)

Q. and A. on the Debt Ceiling
The New York Times (28 July 11)

Voters Expect Debt Ceiling To Be Raised, Doubt Long-Term Spending Will Be Cut
Rasmussen Reports (28 July 11)

Fast and Furious: The Federal Gun Running Scandal
Blog Talk Radio (28 July 11)

Professor Tatsuhiko Kodama of Tokyo University Tells the Politicians: “What Are You Doing?” (Part 1)
EX-SKF (28 July 11)

Judge’s Ruling in Madoff Case Could Reduce Money for Victims
The New York Times (29 July 11)

FAA in Partial Shutdown; Air Traffic Unaffected
Truthout (26 July 11)

GMO Quarterly Letter: Grantham On The Coming “Peak Everything” Disaster
Zero Hedge (22 July 11)