Apparently, today is “the day” where, once and for all , the public becomes privy to the greater facts about U.S. government double-speak concerning corporate “personhood” and we’re informed, as a country, that—a topic about which many have written for many centuries—our government’s ongoing war-planning efforts are primarily focused upon supporting the welfare and blatantly enriching the bottom lines of America’s largest corporations. Period.

Based upon articles published by Marcy Wheeler (with a big assist from Kossack joanneleon) and Glenn Greenwald over the past few hours, it would appear that our country’s military-industrial-surveillance complex has abandoned all moral pretenses when it comes to legitimizing why it must plan for war.

Finally, the truth goes mainstream––well, at least in the blogosphere…



...One of the principal threats raised in the report is a scenario “in which the United States’ technological and innovative edge slips”— in particular, “that the technological capacity of foreign multinational corporations could outstrip that of U.S. corporations.” Such a development, the report says “could put the United States at a growing—and potentially permanent—disadvantage in crucial areas such as energy, nanotechnology, medicine, and information technology.” How could U.S. intelligence agencies solve that problem? The report recommends “a multi-pronged, systematic effort to gather open source and proprietary information through overt means, clandestine penetration (through physical and cyber means), and counterintelligence” (emphasis added). In particular, the DNI’s report envisions “cyber operations” to penetrate “covert centers of innovation” such as R&D facilities…



Excerpt from secret 2009 report issued by Office of Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) James Clapper, titled "2009 Quadrennial Intelligence Community Review," that "...envisions 'cyber operations' to penetrate 'covert centers of innovation' such as R&D facilities..." (CREDIT: Office of the Director of National Intelligence via The Intercept, 9-5-14).



article references a document obtained by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden: a " secret 2009 report issued by Clapper’s own office ," titledwhich "explicitly contemplates doing exactly that." Described by reporter Glenn Greenwald as a "fascinating window into the mindset of America’s spies as they identify future threats to the U.S. and lay out the actions the U.S. intelligence community should take in response. It anticipates a series of potential scenarios the U.S. may face in 2025, from a 'China/Russia/India/Iran centered bloc [that] challenges U.S. supremacy' to a world in which 'identity-based groups supplant nation-states,' and games out how the U.S. intelligence community should operate in those alternative futures—the idea being to assess 'the most challenging issues [the U.S.] could face beyond the standard planning cycle.'"

But, today's news doesn't stop there. In fact, as Marcy Wheeler notes below the orange squiggly, it's morphed into something that's even more surreal...