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                                3/1/2014            ,                                                                                                                                                                                                     Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (Spanish: Comités de Defensa de la Revolución), or CDR, are a network of neighborhood committees across Cuba. The organizations, described as the "eyes and ears of the Revolution," exist to promote social welfare and report on "counter-revolutionary" activity.[1] As of 2010, 8.4 million Cubans of the national population of 11.2 million were registered as CDR members.                                                                                                            HUMINT (human intelligence) exploitation teams (or HETs) have been one of the more effective peacekeeping efforts in Iraq.   HET teams still spent a lot of time on the street, but mainly to check out locations, conditions or to collect information themselves. HET teams also received a lot of practical advice from CIA advisors, as well as American police detectives, who have dealt with similar problems in other places.

    The above are likely mirror images of the plans laid out by the folks who have given us  NEXTDOOR,  a localized social media concern funded by alleged  CIA front companies,  The data mining that it is resorting to is by it's nature, much more intrusive than Facebook or other sites.  This is mainly because,  Nextdoor members are required to use their real names and addresses and telephone numbers to participate.  This information is verified before anyone call use the services.  Nextdoor is adamnant about either calling someone's landline or sending a postcard to it's potential members to assure true identity confirmation.  An email address alone just won't do.                    It comes at a great surprise how much personal information that people are comfortable with sharing, openly, online, with merely the assurance that other  Nextdoor members are doing the same.   There is no guarantee from Nextdoor that this data being mined will not be used in the future for financial or nefarious gains.  None.  By the way, Nextdoor  has this on it's website:  " Information shared will never show up in Google or other search engines ",  yet get this,  from last month:   " Nextdoor Taps Google Vet Dan Clancy for VP of Engineering Post."     Clancy is a former operative at NASA Ames.        Also, according to Nathan Froelich, at breakthroughbroker.com,   Nextdoor will be fertile ground for real estate agents.  That dog is already hunting.                  Also, this :    “Think about having hundreds of cameras available at any given moment,” Nextdoor CEO Nirav Tolia told AllThingsD. “Everyone has a smartphone.”
That’s a cool enough thought for any local safety enthusiast — if not a little “Big Brother”-ish — and seems much more feasible than relying on patrols or radios. I wondered, though, if something like Nextdoor’s service would encourage locals to pull a Charles Bronson vigilante move on troublemakers, eschewing calling in the actual police.
    There may be a local connection as well, Napa City Council member, Julianna Inman, runs the regional Nextdoor.  Google Nextdoor  Inman, and you will find links to Inman  News  and other indications that she may be more intimately connected to  Nextdoor  than previously known.  She is likely data sharing with local law enforcement.          
    Also, by the nature of it,  Nextdoor's membership rolls will not include anyone in law enforcement.  The Spanish speaking population will apparently have to fend for themselves, as there is no bilingual support at Nextdoor.  HRM


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