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Intelligence

habitrails begone!

February 21, 2008October 20, 2020 Mike 1 min read

If you toil in Bolling you are familiar with the halls/walls/offices built out of file cabinets. Cabinets that few have ever seen opened in years, […]

National Security

The Intelligence-Security Disconnect: Wider the Higher You Go

February 20, 2008October 20, 2020 Mike 1 min read

A consultant you probably should not be writing checks to: Some opponents of the directive, which include several former Office of Management and Budget officials, […]

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Fight the Power!

February 19, 2008October 20, 2020 Mike 1 min read

It’s funny how popular you can get these days by screaming “political interference.” Contrast the experiences of two different intelligence officers: one spent two years […]

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David Axe lays the smack down

February 18, 2008October 20, 2020 Mike 1 min read

From West Point to the Pentagon Leavenworth and back down Seven years after the launch of Wikipedia – the user-edited online encyclopedia that brought the […]

Technology

Spooks in the Machine

February 6, 2008October 19, 2020 Mike 1 min read

I was called a philistine and worse for suggesting that virtual worlds like Second Life were anything but digital paradises where people were able to […]

Intelligence

Five People

February 4, 2008October 19, 2020 Mike 1 min read

Hyperpeople: Five people mark the tipping point between a hobby and a nascent hyperintelligence. (H/T: John Robb)

Technology

we’ve been here before

February 4, 2008October 19, 2020 Mike 1 min read

Just a reminder, as cables seem to be disintegrating before our eyes, of the highly readable The Victorian Internet. Just in case time allows for […]

Military

MI Wusses Out

February 4, 2008June 22, 2015 Mike 1 min read

DI Olsen, a merciless chop-buster and the first guy to recognize that I might actually have what it takes to lead. He was not entirely […]

Information Operations

the foolishness spreads

February 1, 2008July 1, 2015 Mike 1 min read

Our Uncle (and his allies) need to get ahead of this sort of thing before it gets out of hand. All the horsepower in non-descript […]

National Security

no hurry or anything

January 30, 2008October 19, 2020 Mike 1 min read

Authorized in ’06, pilot in ’08, FOC in ’12. Moving at the speed of government. What can red, white and blue do for you? Still, […]

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