Concerning the post titled A SPY IN OUR MIDST, both the discussion has continued on this blog, with more blogs joining in and picking up on the Mother Jones story. See: If I Ran the Zoo‘s, “Small World, but not in a Disney Kind of Way.” See also Dylan Kerrigan’s “Anthropology and the Military” on […]
Sir: In his war address to Congress, President Wilson dealt at great length on the theory that only autocracies maintain spies; that these are not needed in democracies. At the time that the President made this statement, the Government of the United States had in its employ spies of unknown number. I am not concerned […]
Given the range and depth, not to mention the length, of some of the comments posted in discussion about the previous post, let me just direct readers to that discussion here, rather than repost everything on the front page. Everyone is welcome to participate, there is no comment moderation, and anonymity is allowed. Posting more […]
In “shifting to the center,” Barack Obama has now established himself as the other war candidate — pity those of us who maintained some glimmer of hope that this man’s touting of hope itself, and change, would have meant some conclusion to this latest round of imperial expansion. Pity those of us who thought that […]
Putting some red herrings to rest, in a pan with hot oil Re-reading some of David Price’s online articles about the militarization of social science research has been rewarding for the important insights and questions he raises (see Counterpunch 2005/05/12, 2005/05/22, 2008/06/24). Anyone who doubts that there is a “national security state” at work in […]
August 5, 2008 by Maximilian Forte
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