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CALENDAR: The House will come back on Monday, with no votes scheduled before 6:30 PM. The current schedule says they will stay in until Thursday, when the last vote will take place no later than 3 PM. The Senate will come back Monday at 5:30 PM, at...

We’ve been a bit under the weather, and consequently a very lonnngggg collection today of headlines for the world of spies, security, operators, militarists, hackers, and deep politics. Our first headline comes from Al Jazeera America: Report...

– There is a term of craft in Propaganda called a “Limited Hangout.” This refers to admitting to a smaller scandal as a distraction from the larger scandal that must remain hidden. One example can be seen in Kenneth Starr’s investigation into the Clintons...

Winslow Wheeler The Triumph of the Military-Industrial-Congressional Complex To understand perverse military decision-making, follow the money by BEN COHEN & WINSLOW WHEELER Medium.com/War-Is-Boring, January 25, 2015 Complete article below the...

By Paul McLeary with Ariel Robinson Well, that’s news. Washington has big plans for stationing advanced weaponry in Australia, senior Defense Department officials say, in what would be a military first for the two close allies. During testimony before...