Showdown with Russia and China: U.S. Advances First Strike Global Missile Shield System

(The Intelligence Daily) -- On August 13th the Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and Chicago-based Boeing International announced a test of their joint Airborne Laser (ABL) missile defense system, which "successfully tracked and hit the mark earlier this month during its first in-flight test against an instrumented target missile." [1]Employing a modified Boeing 747-400F prototype airplane, on August 10 the Missile Defense Agency had the adapted commercial airliner use infrared sensors against a missile launched from San Nicolas Island,...

Global Depression and Regional Wars - Part II

(The Intelligence Daily) -- Part I is here. Part II continues Petras' analysis of the global depression, regional wars, and the decline of America's empire.Obama's Latin American PolicyAt all times...

Running Out Fossil Fuels: A Cause For Glee?

(The Intelligence Daily) -- John James, one of the writers for Crisis Coalition, Incorporated suggests, "It may be that declining oil may save us from climate change. As you know from my Proof...

GOP Senators: US Faces Terrorist Attack If Holder Probes Bush’s Torture Program

(The Intelligence Daily) -- Nine Republican lawmakers sent a letter to Eric Holder Wednesday saying the U.S. could face a terrorist attack if the attorney general appoints a special prosecutor to...

Things Falling Off the Table - Economy

(The Intelligence Daily) -- In the heat of healthcare reform and the mobilization of radical shock troops, the economy has drifted with little public discussion. When it comes up, it is frequently...

Congress Shirks Its Responsibility Allows WhiteHouse to Make Wars

(The Intelligence Daily) -- On occasion, critics of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars have questioned, with good reason, whether the American war in Afghanistan has been carried far beyond what Congress...

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