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A Simple Primer on Classification

The shockwaves from the Signal chat discussions about attacks in Yemen have ping-ponged back and forth, with one side declaring “It’s the end of the security of the United States and we’re all doomed”, and the other saying, “This is nothing at all.  If anything, someone should arrest the journalist.”  Everyone’s opining about the definition of “War Plans” versus “Timing Schedules”, or whether Signal is a secure system even if it’s not official, or some other arcane aspect.  One of the hottest topics is whether anything “classified” was [...]

By |2025-03-29T08:37:59-04:00March 28th, 2025|Blog, Featured, Uncategorized|5 Comments

Where’s Waldo?

The big story in the news yesterday was that NATO officials had necked down the location of Osama bin Laden, along with his brethren, to a stretch of the lawless lands of Pakistan.  The news was immediately followed by rejoinders of American officials about the accuracy of the reports.  After recent admissions by our own CIA that we haven’t had any intelligence on bin Laden for years, it was another ghost story that left a majority of Americans scratching their heads.  I mean, really, with all of our [...]

By |2010-10-19T17:07:36-04:00October 19th, 2010|Blog|5 Comments
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