wikileaks arrest

Poulsen and Zetter on the arrest of Specialist Bradley Manning: "Federal officials have arrested an Army intelligence analyst who boasted of giving classified U.S. combat video and hundreds of thousands of classified State Department records to whistleblower site Wikileaks, Wired.com has learned."

More http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/06/leak/#ixzz0qCb50EXH

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37554779/ns/technology_and_science-security/

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/06/leak/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikileaks#U.S._Intelligence_report_on_Wikileaks

http://www.wikileaks.org/

camera as gun: drop the shooter

This is a bit beyond the ordinary scope of this blog, but since we've seen increasing militarization of domestic policing forces in the last  10 years... 

http://gizmodo.com/5553765/are-cameras-the-new-guns

"In response to a flood of Facebook and YouTube videos that depict police abuse, a new trend in law enforcement is gaining popularity. In at least three states, it is now illegal to record any on-duty police officer.

Even if the encounter involves you and may be necessary to your defense, and even if the recording is on a public street where no expectation of privacy exists."

Full article by Wendy McElroy at link,

http://gizmodo.com/5553765/are-cameras-the-new-guns

[pic via intelhub]

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A whole bunch of coverage on this:

http://overlawyered.com/2010/06/are-cameras-the-new-guns/

http://www.disinfo.com/2010/06/are-cameras-the-new-guns/

http://axiomamuse.wordpress.com/2010/06/06/are-cameras-the-new-guns/

http://thesmartphonehub.com/smartphone-hub/are-cameras-the-new-guns-privacy/

http://deadlinelive.info/2010/06/03/are-cameras-the-new-guns-states-try-to-ban-filming-of-police-misconduct/

http://www.flickr.com/groups/worldpolitics/discuss/72157624068903275/

http://forums.dpreview.com/forums/read.asp?forum=1039&message=35486113

http://dailypaul.com/node/136678

http://www.socialanxietysupport.com/forum/f32/are-cameras-the-new-guns-91660/

http://theintelhub.com/2010/06/04/are-cameras-the-new-guns/

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2526850/posts

http://forums.megatokyo.com/index.php?s=9c050ff1bef7b168c82e109bebeb043d&showtopic=1736121&st=0&#entry5035290

http://www.myninjaplease.com/?p=13529

http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/2010/06/are-cameras-new-guns.html

http://idealistpropaganda.blogspot.com/2010/06/are-cameras-new-guns.html

http://shanedanger.blogspot.com/2010/06/are-cameras-new-guns.html

http://allensullivan.com/blog/2010/06/03/are-cameras-the-new-guns-gizmodo/

http://allensullivan.com/blog/2010/06/03/are-cameras-the-new-guns-gizmodo/

military presence re: gulf oil spill, bp

Bill Nelson wants military rolling into Gulf to manage oil spill.  M. Bachman has said similar things.  Saw Nelson on Hardball clip where he dodged question about specific examples of military aid and kept repeating "command and control" ability.

Meantime CJCS Mullen indicates that BP has the technical expertise to do this better than the military.

Thad Allen, meantime, is 'head down, elbows up' making sure the Federal response is on the ball.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/06/02/gulf.oil.sen.military/

http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/usa/Admiral-Mullen-Oil-Industry-Better-Equipped-to-Counter-Spill-95255049.html

http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/05/27/thad-allen-unsung-hero-of-bp-gulf-oil-leak/

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http://blogdredd.blogspot.com/2010/05/one-thing-to-fear-is-oil-addiction.html
http://peakenergy.blogspot.com/2010/06/obamas-chance-to-salvage-some-good-from.html
http://grognews.blogspot.com/2010/06/us-military-doesnt-want-control-of-gulf.html
http://ridethedcwave.blogspot.com/2010/05/mike-mullen-oil-industry-has-better.html
http://sexandpoliticsandscreedsandattitude.blogspot.com/2010/06/costs.html

mandate tensions

The disparity of opinion (within folks, nevermind between folks) abt what role military should have in the BP disaster is amazing.

We hear "right" reps calling for commandeering of private craft??

fast company: joint venture

Mullen in FC on economy & security.

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/145/joint-venture.html

"..."Our financial health is directly related to our national security," Mullen says. "The biggest driver globally right now is the economy -- and I'd argue it always has been. I'm not an economist and I'm not a finance guy, but I need to understand the global trends that work those engines. Where are these guys putting their money? If they're betting on certain outcomes -- whether good or bad -- why?""

[img: Fast Company]

fast company: military industrial complex

http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/145/the-military-industrial-complex.html

"

Jan. 17, 1961

President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers his farewell address, warning against "the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex."

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2010

The national defense budget reaches an all-time high at an estimated $712 billion. In the first three-and-a-half months of the year, the Department of Defense awards more than $25 billion in contracts.

jcs link roundup

Useful links re: JCS matters

http://www.jcs.mil/

http://www.jcs.mil/biography.aspx?id=9

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chairman_of_the_Joint_Chiefs_of_Staff#Chairmen_of_the_JCS

http://www.google.com/search?q="joint+chiefs+of+staff"+site:.whitehouse.gov