Nick Byrd, Ph.D.<p>“Tulsi Gabbard, the US director of national intelligence, has fired the two highest-ranking officials at the National Intelligence Council (NIC) just weeks after the council released an assessment that contradicted [the 47th POTUS’s] justification for using the Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged Venezuelan gang members without due process. … The two were fired because of their opposition to the [POTUS], Gabbard’s office said in an email on Wednesday, without offering examples.”</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/may/14/tuli-gabbard-trump-national-intelligence-firings" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m</span><span class="invisible">ay/14/tuli-gabbard-trump-national-intelligence-firings</span></a></p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/IntelligenceCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntelligenceCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/nationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/WhiteHouse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteHouse</span></a></p>
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David August<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AbigailSpanberger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbigailSpanberger</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/TulsiGabbard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TulsiGabbard</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/dni" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dni</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DirectorOfNationalIntelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DirectorOfNationalIntelligence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USpolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/AmericanPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/IntelligenceCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntelligenceCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/odni" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>odni</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/political" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>political</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>senate</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/VladimirPutin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VladimirPutin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/BasharAlAssad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BasharAlAssad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/HouseIntelligenceCommittee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HouseIntelligenceCommittee</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/dictator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictator</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>republicans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/nomination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nomination</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/cia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/intel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a></p>
Mike Marsh<p>For folks in the IC:</p><p>Remember that you took an oath to serve the American people and uphold the Constitution. That is where you loyalty lies, not to any one person. You know the IC runs on institutional knowledge, much of which is never written down. You can walk away. You'll know when the time is right, whatever time that is for you. You have unique skills and experience that make you an invaluable employee or entrepreneur, and you absolutely won't have to violate any of your lifelong obligations. You will be OK.</p><p>I know this, because eight years ago I walked away from the DoD/IC world, having flipped from blue to green in 2013, taking a substantial pay cut to land where I wanted to be (my salary is still less than what I was making in 2016). It was one of the best decisions I've made in my life.</p><p>If you're closer to retirement, you can follow long-established tradition and RIP. Hold on to that billet. Get those benefits. All that's really required of you is to breath the Government air.</p><p>For everyone else, remember that you cannot be legally compelled to cooperate with background investigations. The most they can expect is verification of employment, and that's HR's responsibility, not a supervisor's or co-worker's. If they're really insistent on interviewing you, they can get a subpoena.</p><p><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/IC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IC</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/IntelligenceCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntelligenceCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/DoD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoD</span></a></p>
Nick Byrd, Ph.D.<p>Some take-aways from last week’s 2024 <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/IntelligenceCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntelligenceCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/TechWeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TechWeek</span></a>:<br>- Difficulties in developing AI for <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defense</span></a> and <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a> seem similar to the difficulties in <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/healthcare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>healthcare</span></a> (e.g., <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/dataManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dataManagement</span></a>, public vs. private <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funding</span></a>).<br>- Should funding agencies prioritize <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/teamScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>teamScience</span></a> over individual PIs or labs?<br>- The Sci & Tech awards ceremony continued its rare fusion of inspiration and mystery.</p><p>I'm happy to discuss the <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/ICpostdoc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ICpostdoc</span></a> program with interested U.S. citizens.</p><p><a href="https://na.eventscloud.com/website/72403/#Agenda" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">na.eventscloud.com/website/724</span><span class="invisible">03/#Agenda</span></a></p>
Nick Byrd, Ph.D.<p>How can your institution benefit from reframing <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autism</span></a> and <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/neurodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neurodiversity</span></a>?</p><p>The <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/RAND" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RAND</span></a> corporation suggests that<br>1. Some traits (like <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/neurodivergence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neurodivergence</span></a>) can be so advantageous in certain industries that they are more like <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/qualifications" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>qualifications</span></a> than <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/disabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disabilities</span></a>.<br>2. Some <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/accommodations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accommodations</span></a> (like stimulus-reduced spaces and times) are so universally beneficial that they should be the default rather an exception to <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/policy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>policy</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10501819/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/</span><span class="invisible">PMC10501819/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>work</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/HR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HR</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/productivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>productivity</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/IntelligenceCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntelligenceCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/deskSetup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deskSetup</span></a></p>
Nick Byrd, Ph.D.<p>How should numeric probabilities be translated into words? Maybe they shouldn't be.</p><p>"Words of estimative probability" wreak havoc in high-stakes communication like <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/intelligenceCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intelligenceCommunity</span></a> assessments and briefings, in part because intelligence and defense institutions map numbers to different words (!) — see Amelia Kahn's forthcoming work at ameliakahn.wordpress.com.</p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/defense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>defense</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/nationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nationalSecurity</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/decisionScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decisionScience</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychology</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/epistemology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epistemology</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/xPhi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>xPhi</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/cogSci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cogSci</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/SciComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SciComm</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Communication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Communication</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/PhilSci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhilSci</span></a></p>
Christina Lekati<p>There has been quite some conversation around this lately. My take: Large Language Models (LLMs) like <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> cannot be treated as an <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/OSINT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OSINT</span></a> tool simply because...they do not get the job done. On multiple levels.</p><p>Can they be utilized for 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 tasks if operated with an understanding of their capabilities & limitations? Yes.<br>Image analysis for example is currently a pretty interesting (but limited) function.</p><p>Can it be relied on as an independent OSINT tool? Absolutely not.</p><p>LLMs that are asked to pull out data or "intelligence" often provide instead...</p><p>🔹 Incorrect answers that sound plausible (example in images).</p><p>🔹 "Poisoned" data from disinformation, misinformation and influence campaigns. And sometimes heavily biased answers.</p><p>🔹 No sources. For intelligence, professionals need to be able to evaluate the source of data, but also corroborate it through multiple sources. One=none for intelligence analysis. LLMs provide none.</p><p>and a last one...</p><p>What ChatGPT4 does not provide by stating that "it is not available to the public", can instead easily be found via *actual* OSINT Techniques.</p><p>If you are evaluating your security perimeter, it is not recommended to ask an AI-based model...rather, do the actual OSINT work or hire a professional that can thoroughly and reliably discover risky data and vulnerabilities that are publicly available - but shouldn't.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/intelligencecommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intelligencecommunity</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/artificialintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>artificialintelligence</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ai</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/osint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>osint</span></a></p>
Nick Byrd, Ph.D.<p>"More than three years ago, the [U.S.] National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency launched a '<a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/neurodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neurodiversity</span></a>' hiring pilot program. [...] Now, NGA is looking to build off its initial pilot program with a broader effort."</p><p>Jen King, a senior <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/GEOINT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GEOINT</span></a> analyst (who is on the spectrum) explains in this 20-minute <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/podcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>podcast</span></a>: <a href="https://federalnewsnetwork.com/podcast/inside-the-ic-podcast/nga-looks-to-build-on-neurodiversity-hiring-effort/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">federalnewsnetwork.com/podcast</span><span class="invisible">/inside-the-ic-podcast/nga-looks-to-build-on-neurodiversity-hiring-effort/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/job" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>job</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/hiring" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hiring</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/neurodivergence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>neurodivergence</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autism</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/IntelligenceCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntelligenceCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/cogSci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cogSci</span></a></p>
Nick Byrd, Ph.D.<p>Want a well-paid, multi-year, meaningful <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/job" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>job</span></a> post-<a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/PhD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhD</span></a>?</p><p>Here are 3 <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/decisionMaking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decisionMaking</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/IntelligenceCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntelligenceCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/postdoc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>postdoc</span></a>. opportunities for which I can serve as <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Research</span></a> Advisor:</p><p>(9) ...Enable Analytic Teams to Make Accurate Judgments: <a href="https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/ICPD-2024-09" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">zintellect.com/Opportunity/Det</span><span class="invisible">ails/ICPD-2024-09</span></a><br>(23) Strategic Thinking and Collaborative Processes...: <a href="https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/ICPD-2024-23" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">zintellect.com/Opportunity/Det</span><span class="invisible">ails/ICPD-2024-23</span></a><br>(31) ...Countering Online Influence Campaigns: <a href="https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/ICPD-2024-31" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">zintellect.com/Opportunity/Det</span><span class="invisible">ails/ICPD-2024-31</span></a></p><p>Let's chat at the recruitment fair on January 18 from 1–4pm EST: <a href="https://orise.orau.gov/icpostdoc/current-opportunities.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">orise.orau.gov/icpostdoc/curre</span><span class="invisible">nt-opportunities.html</span></a></p>
Cory Doctorow<p>Remember early in the Trump presidency, when conservatives all woke up and discovered that America's spy agencies - excuse me, "the <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/IntelligenceCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntelligenceCommunity</span></a>" - were dirty-tricking psychos who run amok, lawlessly sabotaging democracy? Progressives have been shouting this ever since Hoover's <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> tried to blackmail <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/MLK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MLK</span></a> into killing himself:</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI%E2%80%93King_suicide_letter" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI%E2%8</span><span class="invisible">0%93King_suicide_letter</span></a></p><p>2/</p>
MISP<p>We recently introduced two new MISP galaxies for supporting OSINT collection and analysis of guns/firearms:</p><p>- Ammunitions <a href="https://github.com/MISP/misp-galaxy/blob/main/clusters/ammunitions.json" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/MISP/misp-galaxy/bl</span><span class="invisible">ob/main/clusters/ammunitions.json</span></a> <br>- Firearms <a href="https://github.com/MISP/misp-galaxy/blob/main/clusters/firearms.json" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/MISP/misp-galaxy/bl</span><span class="invisible">ob/main/clusters/firearms.json</span></a></p><p>Thanks to the contributors.</p><p><a href="https://misp-community.org/tags/osint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>osint</span></a> <a href="https://misp-community.org/tags/firearms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>firearms</span></a> <a href="https://misp-community.org/tags/intelligencecommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intelligencecommunity</span></a> <a href="https://misp-community.org/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a> <a href="https://misp-community.org/tags/misp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>misp</span></a></p>
Cory Doctorow<p>They embraced the <a href="https://mamot.fr/tags/IntelligenceCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntelligenceCommunity</span></a> as the guardians of the best version of America; cheerleading for deindustrialization while telling the workers it harmed with "learn to code"; demanding *more* intervention in speech by monopolistic tech companies; and so on.</p><p>It's not like leftists stopped talking about the importance of transformation and not just reform. But as the junior partners in the progressive coalition, leftists have been drowned out by liberal reformers. </p><p>10/</p>
Mark Stout<p>Just had a piece published in Cold War History: “Early Cold War intelligence paper mills: the case of the Association of Hungarian Veterans.” Written with Katalin Kádár Lynn, a scholar of the Hungarian émigré community, it’s about a group that sold garbage intel to the US <a href="https://mastodon.coffee/tags/IntelligenceCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntelligenceCommunity</span></a> and European <a href="https://mastodon.coffee/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a> services and the IC response. The project took ~7 years. <a href="https://mastodon.coffee/tags/KeepTheFaith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KeepTheFaith</span></a> Downloads here: <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/6U6HY6I7ME5GNRE84SRA/full?target=10.1080/14682745.2023.2191948" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tandfonline.com/eprint/6U6HY6I</span><span class="invisible">7ME5GNRE84SRA/full?target=10.1080/14682745.2023.2191948</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.coffee/tags/ColdWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ColdWar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.coffee/tags/IntelligenceHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntelligenceHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.coffee/tags/Hungary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hungary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.coffee/tags/histodons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>histodons</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.coffee/tags/CIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CIA</span></a> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span></p>
Nick Byrd, Ph.D.<p>The <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/ParadoxOfOpen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ParadoxOfOpen</span></a> meets <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a> tradecraft:</p><p>The <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/open" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>open</span></a> movement has been essential to much of what we love about the <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>internet</span></a>. Even the <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/IntelligenceCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntelligenceCommunity</span></a> relies on <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/OpenSource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSource</span></a> info.</p><p>However, even good intentioned and accurate use of open information can undermine stakeholders of intelligence analysis, sometimes making things worse for *all* stakeholders.</p><p>Amy Zegart explains in this (<a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/openAccess" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>openAccess</span></a>) chapter: <a href="https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctv310vm0j.7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">jstor.org/stable/10.7591/j.ctv</span><span class="invisible">310vm0j.7</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Journalism</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Security</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Cyber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cyber</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ethics</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a></p>
Nick Byrd, Ph.D.<p>"Five of [seven intelligence] agencies determined it... 'very unlikely' that a foreign adversary was responsible for [<a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/HavanaSyndrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HavanaSyndrome</span></a>] symptoms..."</p><p>"One agency ...determined that it was 'unlikely'."</p><p>"One agency abstained in its conclusion regarding a foreign actor."</p><p>"...when asked, no agency dissented from the conclusion that a foreign actor did not cause the symptoms...."</p><p><a href="https://apnews.com/article/havana-syndrome-intelligence-anonalous-health-incidents-diplomats-cf087b8255532056b5597232544bfb71" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/havana-synd</span><span class="invisible">rome-intelligence-anonalous-health-incidents-diplomats-cf087b8255532056b5597232544bfb71</span></a></p><p><a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/IntelligenceCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntelligenceCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/LikertScale" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LikertScale</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/Probability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Probability</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/DoubleNegative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DoubleNegative</span></a> <a href="https://nerdculture.de/tags/TripleNegative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TripleNegative</span></a>?</p>
Mark Stout<p>Per the Washington Post "Gen. Glen D. VanHerck, who oversees the North American Aerospace Defense Command, told reporters during a news briefing. “I will tell you that we did not detect those [previous Chinese balloons]. And that’s a domain awareness gap that we have to figure out.” ... "VanHerck declined to elaborate, saying only that it was the U.S. <a href="https://mastodon.coffee/tags/IntelligenceCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntelligenceCommunity</span></a> that 'made us aware of those balloons' after the fact." This is all very interesting. <a href="https://mastodon.coffee/tags/balloon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>balloon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.coffee/tags/NORAD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NORAD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.coffee/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.coffee/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a></p>
Jivo<p>My introduction to Mastodon. I’m a retired software engineer and IT manager that spent 22 years in the <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/IntelligenceCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IntelligenceCommunity</span></a> and 20 years at <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/PennState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PennState</span></a>. Over the last two years I’ve lost 90 pounds thanks to <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Peloton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Peloton</span></a> and <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/PowerZone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PowerZone</span></a> training. I typically ride 4 days a week in <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/PowerZone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PowerZone</span></a> challenges and <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/strengthtraining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strengthtraining</span></a> 3 times a week. I also <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/bicycle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bicycle</span></a> outside in the summer, and <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/golf" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>golf</span></a> 3 days a week. At my age, that’s a lot. 😂</p>
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