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My TED favorites- Fellows Friday with Sean Blagsvedt
- Local TEDxChange events have big plans
- An independent diplomat: Carne Ross on TED.com
- Art of substance and absence: Alwar Balasubramaniam on TED.com
- Why I’m excited about TEDxChange, by Melinda Gates
- The child-driven education: Sugata Mitra on TED.com
- Powerful first-person reports from Pakistan, from TED’s Chris Anderson
- Lifesavers: Saturday TEDTalks Playlist
- Report from a Mission Blue hope spot: The Sargasso Sea
- The world’s oldest living things: Rachel Sussman on TED.com
Tag Archives: intelligence
My latest read – One Day in September
After watching Steven Spielberg’s Munich I wanted to learn more about the tragic events of the ‘72 German Olympic Games. Simon Reeve’s book One Day in September: The Full Story of the 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and the Israeli Revenge Operation “Wrath of God” is a sad and detailed overview of the events surrounding the [...]
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My latest read – American Spy
As most of the President’s men who served Nixon have released their own accounts of their roles in Wategate, Howard Hunt’s book American Spy: My Secret History in the CIA, Watergate and Beyond is no different. Hunt spent his career in the CIA from the end of WWII to Watergate. I must admit Hunt lived [...]
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My latest read – Triple Cross
My understanding of the events leading up to 9/11 have been shaped by great authors and believe Triple Cross: How bin Laden’s Master Spy Penetrated the CIA, the Green Berets, and the FBI–and Why Patrick Fitzgerald Failed to Stop Him by Peter Lance makes significant contributions to understanding the full breakdown of the US intelligence [...]
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My latest read – The Assault on Reason
Must admit the timing at first seemed strange. I was reading Al Gore’s book The Assault on Reason when Michael Jackson died. Gore has written a book about what has gone wrong in our country. Yet I was able to watch it simply unfold right in front of me. The non-stop media coverage of Jackson’s [...]
My latest read – The Cell
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