The Uses and Misuses of Intelligence in Four US Wars

by: Melvin A. Goodman, t r u t h o u t | Op-Ed

The Central Intelligence Agency.
(Image: Lance Page / t r u t h o u t; Adapted: public domain / Wikimedia)

President Harry S. Truman created the Central Intelligence Agency in 1947 to ensure that the policy community would have access to independent intelligence analysis that was free of the policy advocacy of the Department of State and the Department of Defense. The CIA's most important analytic mission was the production of national intelligence estimates (NIEs) and assessments that tracked significant political and military developments and provided premonitory intelligence on looming threats and confrontations. »

Repeal don't ask don't tell.

Pentagon Halts Enforcement of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Amid Legal Challenge

by: Nancy A. Youssef, McClatchy Newspapers | Report

Washington - The Pentagon Thursday halted enforcement of its "don't ask, don't tell" policy pending an appeal of a federal court order prohibiting the government from expelling gays and lesbian soldiers who disclose their sexual orientation.

The Obama administration also on Thursday asked U.S. District Judge Virginia Phillips to stay her order, issued Tuesday. It's unclear, however, whether Phillips will do so.

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For Emerging Economies, Rising Global Influence

by: Paul Krugman, Krugman & Co. | Op-Ed

Thanks to bad policies and bad ideas, the world’s advanced economies seem set to experience a prolonged period — maybe even a lost decade — of weak growth, high unemployment and low interest rates.

Emerging economies, such as Brazil’s, have been doing much better, in part because they inherently offer bigger investment opportunities. Also, they don’t have the balance-sheet problems of richer nations. »

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