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Joseph Nye: Soft-Power Skills

2008-10-13T14:24:32Z

According to Joseph Nye, there are three crucial soft-power skills: emotional intelligence; the ability to have a vision; and communication skills.

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Joseph Nye: Contextual Intelligence

2008-10-13T14:24:29Z

In addition to soft and hard-power skills, says Joseph Nye, another crucial skill is contextual intelligence--"the intuitive diagnostic skill to align your tactics with a strategy that fits a given context."

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Hamas accused of 'arming groups' in the West Bank - 12Oct08

2008-10-13T14:53:09Z

The Palestinian intelligence service has accused Hamas of forming and arming groups in the West bank.

Al Jazeera's Nour Odeh reports on the weapons found in the town of Hebron.

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Campaign Moron - Sarah Palin

2008-10-13T14:48:21Z

What's worse - giving a flagrantly wrong answer, or completely dodging the question? Well, when you're running for vice president, neither are acceptable. That's why this week's campaign moron award goes to governor Sarah Palin.

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Rodney Brooks: How robots will invade our lives

2008-10-13T14:41:56Z

www.ted.com In this prophetic talk from 2003, roboticist Rodney Brooks talks about how robots are going to work their way into our lives -- starting with toys and moving into household chores ... and beyond.

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Craig Venter Denounces Race-Based Science Research

2008-10-13T14:50:56Z

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Geneticist J. Craig Venter denounces racially-based science and medical research, arguing that humans are too genetically similar for any major differentiation to have evolved among races.

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The man who mapped the human genome has a new focus: using microbes to create alternative fuels. Craig Venter, maverick biologist, wants to cure our addiction to oil. To do so, he proposes creating a designer microbe -- the heart of a biological engine -- from scratch, then adding genes culled from the sea to turn crops such as switch grass and cornstalks into ethanol.

This could prompt a major shift in the economics of the energy industry and in the process bring Venter to a secondary goal: showing the world he can be as successful as he was at sequencing human DNA.  Venter, a former Vietnam medic, brought about a paradigm shift in genomic sequencing that has entered him in the mythology of science.

He wanted to play God, so he cracked the human genome. Now he wants to play Darwin and collect the DNA of everything on the planet. Venter has graced the covers of Time and BusinessWeek - The Oxonian Society

J. Craig Venter, PH.D. is regarded as one of the leading scientists of the 21st century for his contributions to genomic research and is one of the country'’s most frequently cited scientists. He is Founder and President of the J. Craig Venter Institute and J. Craig Venter Science Foundation, not-for-profit research and support organizations dedicated to human genomic research, exploration of social and ethical issues in genomics, and alternative energy solutions through microbial sources. He is also the Founder and Chairman of the Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR).

Dr. Venter's autobiography A Life Decoded was published in October of 2007.

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Talk to Jazeera - Amrullah Saleh - 30 Sep 08 - Part 1

2008-10-08T08:50:51Z

In this episode of Talk to Jazeera the head of Afghanistan's intelligence agency discusses his country's accusation that the Pakistani intelligence service has been behind attacks in Afghanistan and that they have failed to act upon intelligence provided to them by Afghan intelligence agencies.

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Talk to Jazeera - Amrullah Saleh - 30 Sep 08 - Part 2

2008-10-08T08:50:51Z

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New Rules For FBI To Spy On You Even More

2008-10-09T14:45:33Z

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The war on terror targets Pakistan

2008-10-03T10:45:59Z

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Gareth Porter: Bush and US intelligence not speaking the same language Pt3

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Landing a Job with MI5 - Stella Rimmington

2008-10-09T11:51:42Z

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Stella Rimington, former Director-General of MI5, recalls her experiences as a young woman struggling to land a career with the secretive British intelligence organization.

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Dame Stella Rimington was the head of the famous British Secret Service MI5. In her first months as Director-General, Dame Stella was subject to a determined campaign by the British press to identify her. As the first female head of the secret service, she was also the first to be officially named and photographed during her tenure in charge of Britain's spy service.

In December 1991, she made a visit to Moscow to make the first friendly contact between the British intelligence services and their old enemies, now allies, the KGB. On her return from Russia, she was informed that she was promoted to Director-General.

Dame Stella said, "I was fortunate to be in a central position during a time of great change in the security scene and I believe I have a contribution to make to our understanding of the period."

The two most recent James Bond films have seen the fictitious supercool spy's boss portrayed by a female "M" (which is a depiction of Dame Stella), with Dame Judi Dench filling that role.

Dame Stella said she found her portrayal as "startling", and added that it was "really very good. Both my daughters said so. One even noted that she holds her hands the way I do" - Oxonian Society

Stella Rimington joined the Security Service (MI5) in 1965 and during her career she worked in all the main fields of the Service's responsibilities - counter-subversion, counter-espionage and counter-terrorism - and became successively Director of all three branches. She was appointed Director-General of MI5 in 1992. She was the first woman to hold the post and the first Director-General whose name was publicly announced on appointment.

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The Evolution of Culture - Paul Ehrlich

2008-09-09T12:33:07Z

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Stanford biologist Paul Ehrlich discusses the rapidly-accelerating evolution of human culture.

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Paul Ehrlich gives a seminar at the Long Now Foundation on his book, The Dominant Animal: Human Evolution and the Environment, in which he examines the evolution of human culture and its effect on the environment.

Paul Ralph Ehrlich (born May 29, 1932 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is a Stanford University professor and a renowned entomologist specializing in Lepidoptera (butterflies). He is also well known as a researcher and author on the subject of human overpopulation. Ehrlich has written numerous books on the subjects of ecology, entomology, overpopulation, and related subjects. His best known book is The Population Bomb, published in 1968.

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Re: Dennis Kucinich Introduce H Res 333 to Impeach VP Cheney

2008-08-12T04:59:08Z

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States of Terror, States of Consent - Philip Bobbitt

2008-08-29T16:46:05Z

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Columbia University Law Professor Philip Bobbitt discusses the nature of terrorism, and argues that the widely-rejected phrase "War on Terror" is a more valid description than its critics would suggest.

This program was recorded as a part of the Hoover Institution's interview series, "Uncommon Knowledge."

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Professor Philip Bobbitt describes the "wars for the 21st century" as wars against terror -- against modern market-state terrorism, against the distribution and assimilation of weapons of mass destruction, and against the forces that create human catastrophes, such as genocide and ethnic cleansing.

During the 20th century it was important that the law and the allied war strategy were separate. According to Bobbitt, "We won the war and then the law followed."

In the current century, however, Bobbitt says, our challenge is to unite the two: law and war strategy must meet because we are now fighting to protect what free people have the lawful right to do.

But how do we strengthen the power of government to protect us and at the same time protect civil and human rights? - Hoover Institution

Philip Bobbitt is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. He is also a Fellow of the Club of Madrid. He is a Life Member of the American Law Institute, and a member of the Council on Foreign Relations, the Pacific Council on International Policy, the International Institute for Strategic Studies and the Executive Council of the American Society of International Law. He is a member of the Commission on the Continuity of Government. He has served as Law Clerk to the Hon. Henry J. Friendly (2 Cir.), Associate Counsel to the President, the Counselor on International Law at the State Department, Legal Counsel to the Senate Iran-Contra Committee, and Director for Intelligence, Senior Director for Critical Infrastructure and Senior Director for Strategic Planning at the National Security Council.

Formerly the A.W. Walker Centennial Chair at the Law School, Professor Bobbitt now holds a chair at the Columbia Law School, though he remains a Senior Fellow in the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law at the University of Texas.

Professor Bobbitt's interests include not only constitutional law but also international security and the history of strategy. He is most recently the author of Terror and Consent: The Wars for the Twenty-First Century (Knopf, 2008).

Peter M. Robinson is a research fellow at the Hoover Institution, where he writes about business and politics, edits Hoover's quarterly journal, the Hoover Digest, and hosts Hoover's television program, Uncommon Knowledge. Robinson is also the author of three books: How Ronald Reagan Changed My Life; It's My Party: A Republican's Messy Love Affair with the GOP; and the best-selling business book Snapshots from Hell: The Making of an MB.

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D.C. SNAPSHOT: Scott McClellan Under Oath

2008-10-03T12:48:52Z

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Former presidential spokesperson Scott McClellan testified under oath before the House Judiciary Committee. Committee members clashed over calls for impeachment of President Bush and deception over the invasion of Iraq.

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Kevin Kelly: Predicting the next 5,000 days of the web

2008-10-13T14:41:59Z

www.ted.com At the 2007 EG conference, Kevin Kelly shares a fun stat: The World Wide Web, as we know it, is only 5,000 days old. Now, Kelly asks, how can we predict what's coming in the next 5,000 days?

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Scott McClellan on Losing Trust in Bush

2008-08-13T18:25:30Z

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Former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan discusses how his disillusionment towards the Iraq war affected his relationship with President George W. Bush.

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Formerly a member of Bush's select, loyal inner circle, McClellan will speak with rare candor about his experiences as press secretary during the first three years of the Iraq War, one of the most challenging and contentious periods of recent U.S. history, as well as where he thinks the president and his top aides veered off course, and the lessons the American people need to learn as they choose a new leader - The Commonwealth Club of California

Scott McClellan is a former White House Press Secretary (2003-2006) for President George W. Bush. He replaced Ari Fleischer as press secretary in July 2003 and served until replaced by Tony Snow on April 26, 2006.

As Assistant to the President and White House Press Secretary, Scott McClellan served as the primary spokesperson for the President and delivered the daily White House briefing. Prior to joining the White House staff, he served as the traveling press secretary for the Bush-Cheney 2000 campaign.

Mr. McClellan began working as a gubernatorial spokesman for then-Governor Bush in early 1999. Previously, he served as chief of staff to a Texas state senator, worked on grassroots issue outreach in Texas, and managed three successful campaigns for statewide office.

Mr. McClellan is a native of Austin, Texas. He received his bachelor's degree in government from the University of Texas.

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ACLU Fights Wiretapping Law Approved by Obama, McCain and Bush

2008-07-17T03:33:33Z

When Pres. George W. Bush and Sen. Barack Obama BOTH agreed on unconstitutional amendments to the foreign intelligence surveillance act (FISA) last week, it raised questions about Obama's consistency on civil liberties and about how to best fight this assault on the Fourth Amendment and the right to privacy. I try to answer these questions with some clips from a Barack Obama news conference and from spokespeople for the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)

You can see the full July 1, 2008, Barack Obama news conference from which I took a short clip for my video at cbs2chicago.com

You can see the ACLU Legislative Counsel Michelle Richardson's full June 21, 2008, appearance on C-SPAN's Washington Journal at www.c-spanarchives.org

You can see more about the ACLU's fight against the FISA Amendments Act (including the ACLU video from which I took a short clip) at www.aclu.org

And, you can see Sen. Barack Obama's full February 16, 2006, statement on the USA PATRIOT Act Reauthorization at obama.senate.gov

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John McCain: Town Hall Meeting 07/07/08

2008-07-17T14:44:37Z

John McCain
Town Hall Meeting
07/07/08

TRANSCRIPT:
JOHN MCCAIN: "On FISA, I believe it's very dangerous [...] to hold the telecommunications corporations liable for them acting in cooperation with the govnernment after 9/11 to help us monitor the communications of Al-Qaeda and terrorists. [...] I believe the telecommunications company, or any other organization, when called upon by their government, to do something that is in the national security interest, that they should not be held responsible in the way that [...] they're to be sued."

MCCAIN: "[...] Now it's my view that we should have the ability, with certain court procedures observed, to monitor the communications—particularly with the dramatic modernization and ability of communicate [sic] between organizations that want to do America harm. And so, I'm glad you're recording this because I'd like to make sure you show it to all your friends. Have no doubt where I stand: that the telecommunications companies should not be held liable for cooperation they provided the government of the United States after 9/11, when we were trying to stop further attacks on the United States of America. And to say that you want them to be held liable is something in my view that would be a trial lawyer's dream. And I strongly oppose it. Sen. Obama supports it. That's the difference in our views."

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John McCain: Town Hall Meeting 12/19/07

2008-07-02T18:20:11Z

John McCain
Town Hall
Pelham, NH 12/18/07

TRANSCRIPT:
MCCAIN: "Let me just say that it's a huge problem in my view. This National Intelligence Estimate, I believe was an assertion of influence over national policy by our intelligence agencies which was inappropriate, to say the least. [...] it said it's clear that they've stopped the weaponization, and then there was a very small footnote that clarified that.

"When you build a nuclear weapon the major two components are the enrichment of the material and the building of the weapon of itself. That's a much shorter process. They're still proceeding with the enrichment.

"But yet that National Intelligence Estimate, which is supposed to be secret was broadcast all over America as that the Iranians have ceased their activities. They haven't. They have not.

"And I'm very concerned about the effect on our European allies and our abilities to impose sanctions. So frankly I am very concerned about our intelligence agencies and exactly what they're doing. I can't imagine why they destroyed those tapes of an interrogation.

"They were told apparently by the White House and others not to destroy the tapes. I do not think that this National Intelligence Estimate was something that was in the purview of the intelligence agencies. I think the intelligence agencies should provide the facts and then the policy-makers make the decision.

"We've got a lot of work to do on intelligence. Human intelligence is sadly lacking. There's a lot of intelligence capabilities that we are missing.

"But most importantly I don't think that this NIE did America any good service, and I think it's going have to be fixed."

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Revisiting Claims on Iraqi WMD - Douglas Feith

2008-07-23T18:26:01Z

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Former U.S. Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Douglas Feith revisits pre-war claims on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction, arguing that Saddam Hussein was much closer to acquiring these weapons than has been claimed by anti-war advocates.

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Douglas Feith's remarkable War and Decision: Inside the Pentagon at the Dawn of the War on Terrorism is the first book written by a former Bush Administration insider to offer a dispassionate and documented account of the reaction to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001 that led to the overthrow of Saddam Hussein's regime.

War and Decision, as the Wall Street Journal has noted, is the first "revisionist history" of the Iraq war. It challenges the conventional wisdom that holds the belief that in a rush to war a cadre of neoconservatives politicized intelligence findings.

Henry Kissinger says of the book, "The fullest and most thoughtful statement of the Pentagon thinking prior to and in the first stages of the Iraq war. Even those, as I, who take issue with some of its conclusions will gain a better perspective from reading this book."

To explore Feith's account, Hudson Institute held a discussion with three former officials who were active participants in the decisions of the day: Paul Wolfowitz, Visiting Scholar with AEI, former President of the World Bank, and former Deputy Secretary of Defense; Peter Rodman, Senior Fellow with the Brookings Institution and former Assistant Secretary for Defense and Adviser to the National Security Council; Dan Senor, former Senior Advisor to Presidential Envoy L. Paul Bremer III, Administrator of the Coalition Provisional Authority. This discussion was moderated by Hudson Institute CEO, Kenneth Weinstein - Hudson Institute

Douglas J. Feith served as the Under-Secretary of Defense for Policy for United States President George W. Bush from July 2001 until he resigned from his position effective August 8, 2005.

Feith's official responsibilities included the formulation of defense planning guidance and forces policy, United States Department of Defense (DoD) relations with foreign countries, and the DoD's role in U.S. Government inter-agency policymaking.

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John McCain: Town Hall Meeting 02/15/08

2008-07-01T09:08:38Z

John McCain
Town Hall
Osh Kosh, WI 02/15/08

TRANSCRIPT:
JOHN MCCAIN: "I'm disappointed that the House of Representatives left town without acting on so-called 'FISA,' our ability to monitor the telecommunications of those who want to destroy America. I think it's incredibly regrettable.

"I don't think the American people want us to be divided in such a way that we cannot adopt the necessary measures that are critical to national intelligence. This is vitally necessary to defend this country."

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John McCain: Town Hall Meeting 12/05/07

2008-07-01T09:01:26Z

John McCain
Town Hall Meeting
Manchester, NH 12/05/07

TRANSCRIPTION
MCCAIN: "Umm, I want to mention a just a couple of things with you very quickly. One, I'm sure you have seen that there is a new Intelligence Estimate, they call it the NIE, National Intelligence Estimate, concerning Iran and the state of their progress on Nuclear weapons. I haven't seen anything quite like that before, there probably has been. But uhh, there was really a reassessment that indicates that perhaps the Iranians are not as heavily engaged in development of nuclear weapons as we had previously thought.

"And, uhh, I would just like to know, what it is that information that we have that changed that Intelligence Estimate. I also would like to remind you that the Iranians still are supporting terrorist organizations, Hamas, Hezbollah. They are still dedicated to the extinction of the state of Israel. They are still providing the most lethal explosive devices to people who are coming into Iraq and killing young Americans with those devices.

"So, I hope that this is a sign of progress, that maybe they are not as dedicated to building nuclear weapons as we had previously supposed, but I don't think they have found themselves on the road to Damascus yet. So I think they are still a force that we need to contend with, which I do not see sharing our goals, our vision, our ideals, our principles, and our Judeo-Christian values."

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History of the National Security State

2008-08-22T00:13:38Z

Gore Vidal, Ray McGovern, Lawrence Wilkerson and Antonia Juhasz. The legendary author discusses his thesis on the construction of the national security state and a retired CIA officer responds. 2 addiotional interviews provide indepth analysis from inside the halls of power.

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Recruiting America's Best Teachers - Education Panel

2008-07-11T18:37:11Z

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The world's top education systems select their teachers from the top third of college graduates, while America selects from the bottom third.

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CNN Special Correspondent Frank Sesno moderates a discussion titled, Which Way to Education Excellence?

The panel discussion will bring together thought leaders from all sectors of the education community and focus on what America must do to prepare students for academic excellence in the 21st century.

ED in 08 is a national, nonpartisan campaign that calls on all the presidential candidates to propose plans to ensure that American students will graduate from high school with the skills needed to compete in a global economy. For more information, log onto www.edin08.com - The New Republic

John Deasy is the Superintendent of Prince George County's Schools.

Chester E. Finn Jr., a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution, is chairman of the Koret Task Force on K-12 Education and president and trustee of the Thomas B. Fordham Foundation.

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