WikiLeaks: RSF is peeved over reactio... Politics Explained FEUDALISM: You have two cows. Your lord takes some of the milk. PURE SOCIALISM: You have two cows. BUREAUCRATIC SOCIALISM: You have two cows. FASCISM: You have two cows. PURE COMMUNISM: You have two cows. RUSSIAN COMMUNISM: You have two cows. CAMBODIAN COMMUNISM: You have two cows. DICTATORSHIP: You have two cows. PURE DEMOCRACY: You have two cows. REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY: You have two cows. BUREAUCRACY: You have two cows. PURE ANARCHY: You have two cows. LIBERTARIAN/ANARCHO-CAPITALISM: You have two cows. SURREALISM: You have two giraffes. (Original source unknown . . . this version expanded and Illuminated by SJ.)
WikiStencil U.S. interrogation techniques U.S. interrogation techniques In late 2002 and early 2003, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld approved specific interrogation techniques for extracting information from Taliban and al-Qaeda detainees at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The Bush administration made the previously classified lists public Tuesday. The final April 2003 list of 24 techniques approved by Rumsfeld, plus three he rejected out of hand and seven that were initially approved but apparently later rejected: Approved techniques • "Direct": Asking straightforward questions. • "Incentive/removal of incentive": Providing a reward or removing a privilege, beyond those that are required by the Geneva Conventions. • "Emotional love": Playing on the love a detainee has for an individual or a group. • "Emotional hate": Playing on the hatred a detainee has for an individual or a group. • "Fear up harsh": Significantly increasing the fear level in a detainee. • "Reduced fear": Reducing the fear level in a detainee.
WikiLeaks: Reporters Sans Fact-checki... Vision of Humanity WikiLeaks General promised quick results if Gitmo plan used at Abu Ghraib General promised quick results if Gitmo plan used at Abu Ghraib By Blake Morrison and Peter Eisler, USA TODAY The general who pushed for more aggressive interrogation tactics at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison predicted better intelligence within a month if his strategies were adopted, according to a copy of his classified plan obtained by USA TODAY. In the plan, sent in early September to top military officials in Iraq, Maj. The recommendations in Miller's 12-page report were based on the interrogation operation he supervised at the U.S. By Oct. 12, the Army moved ahead with Miller's strategy to team guards and interrogators, an approach at odds with long-established military doctrine. Those recommendations called for increasing the number of guards and interrogators, improving their training and assigning a legal adviser to Abu Ghraib who was dedicated to monitoring the intelligence-gathering operation. By late October, guards began abusing prisoners and taking humiliating photos of them.
Like It or Not, WikiLeaks is a Media Entity: Tech News « The past week has seen plenty of ink spilled — virtual and otherwise — about WikiLeaks and its mercurial front-man, Julian Assange, and the pressure they have come under from the U.S. government and companies such as Amazon and PayPal, both of which have blocked WikiLeaks from using their services. Why should we care about any of this? Because more than anything else, WikiLeaks is a publisher — a new kind of publisher, but a publisher nonetheless — and that makes this a freedom of the press issue. Not everyone agrees with this point of view, of course. Senator Joe Lieberman (I-Conn), the chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee, is the one who put pressure on Amazon to remove support for WikiLeaks (although the company claims it removed the organization’s site from its servers because Wikileaks did not own the rights to the content, not because of political pressure). So what makes WikiLeaks different from the New York Times?
Forbes Magazine's List of The World's Most Powerful People Starting in 2009, Forbes Magazine compiles an annual list of the world's most powerful people. The list has one slot for every 100 million people on Earth, meaning in 2009 there were 67 people on the list, in 2010 there were 68, in 2011 there were 70, and in 2012 there were 71. Slots are allocated based on the amount of human and financial resources that they have sway over, as well as their influence on world events.[1] Forbes' Most Powerful People, 2013 (top 10)[2] 2012 list (top 10)[3][edit] 2011 list (top 10)[4][edit] 2010 list (top 10)[edit] 2009 list (top 10 selection)[edit] See also[edit] References[edit] External links[edit]
Donald Rumsfeld, “Known and Unknown, A Memoir” « Arturo's space Donald Rumsfeld, “Known and Unknown, A Memoir” Posted on The Rumsfeld Papers www.rumsfeld.com/ – Cached Welcome to the home of The Rumsfeld Papers, Donald Rumsfeld’s archival site released in conjunction with his memoir, Known and Unknown. Known and Unknown: A Memoir [Book] By Donald Rumsfeld – Penguin Group USA (2011) – Hardback – 815 pages – ISBN 159523067X “If you are not criticized, you may not be doing much.” – Rumsfeld’s Rules Few Americans have spent more time near the center of power than Donald Rumsfeld. Preview this book on Google Book Search Like this: Like Loading... The Race to Fix the Classification System The massive disclosure of a quarter million diplomatic records by Wikileaks this weekend underscores the precarious state of the U.S. national security classification system. The Wikileaks project seems to be, more than anything else, an assault on secrecy. If Wikileaks were most concerned about whistleblowing, it would focus on revealing corruption. If it were concerned with historical truth, it would emphasize the discovery of verifiably true facts. If it were anti-war, it would safeguard, not disrupt, the conduct of diplomatic communications. But instead, what Wikileaks has done is to publish a vast potpourri of records — dazzling, revelatory, true, questionable, embarrassing, or routine — whose only common feature is that they are classified or otherwise restricted. This may be understood as a reaction to a real problem, namely the fact that by all accounts, the scope of government secrecy in the U.S. These are not cosmetic changes. Finally, we want to ask for your help.
World debt comparison: The global debt clock National and International News Abu Ghraib deal made NEWARK, N.J. — An Army sergeant accused in the Iraq prisoner abuse scandal will plead guilty to reduced charges next week as part of a deal with military prosecutors, his lawyer said Thursday. Sgt. Graner often disobeyed FORT HOOD, Texas — The first witness for Army Spc. Graner case continues FORT HOOD, Texas — A Syrian inmate at Abu Ghraib said Army Spc. Graner trial begins FORT HOOD, Texas — A military guard testified Monday that he saw Spc.