They embraced the #IntelligenceCommunity 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.

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.

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"At least two-dozen women have come forward in recent months with their own complaints of abusive treatment within the CIA, telling authorities and Congress not only about sexual assaults, unwanted touching and coercion but of what they contend is a campaign by the spy agency to keep them from speaking out, with dire warnings it could wreck their careers and even endanger national security."

https://apnews.com/article/cia-sexual-harassment-discrimination-abuse-spying-8ca2f3a4b41c9d6f3da34364aea42dad

#cia #intelligencecommunity #sexualassault #nationalsecurity

"In national security, autism is in the closet. Here’s why."

This is the most meaningful study I have conducted in my career, and I hope it leads to real change for thousands—possibly tens of thousands—of Americans who are serving our country in and out of uniform.

https://www.militarytimes.com/opinion/2023/07/17/in-national-security-autism-is-in-the-closet-heres-why/

#autism #asd #neurodiversity #neurodivergent #military #usmilitary #usarmy #usnavy #usaf #usmc #ussf #dod #intelligencecommunity #randcorporation

"Now I'm definitely sure #Threads will be the same #Marxist style #SocialMedia experience that #Zuckerberg usually offers," #MarjorieTaylorGreene tweeted on Thursday. "All social experimentation serving #BigPharma, the #IntelligenceCommunity, and #DEI Initiatives to strengthen corporate stocks supporting garbage DEI issues and steal #elections. No thank you!"
https://www.salon.com/2023/07/06/marjorie-taylor-greene-convinced-that-instagrams-threads-is-for-marxist-thieves/

Who is behind the prosecution of Prof. Sucharit Bhakdi?

Taylor Hudak addresses this question here:

https://twitter.com/_taylorhudak/status/1662206200946245632?s=20

#bioterrorism #MünchnerSicherheitskonferenz #terrorism #intelligencecommunity #doYourOwnResearch

We are pleased to announce the immediate availability of MISP v2.4.170 with new features, workflow improvements and many bugs fixed.

#opensource #threatintelligence #threatintel #misp #cti #intelligencecommunity

https://www.misp-project.org/2023/04/13/MISP.2.4.170.released.html/

The anti-woke complaints about the military serve two functions for the GOP:

1) the culture war stuff we see every day
2) the ongoing effort to undermine any institution not under the control of MAGA.

The #military, #lawenforcement, and #intelligencecommunity were practically the holy trinity of the GOP until MAGA but once it became clear they weren't going to bootlick, they had to be subverted. #politics

https://warontherocks.com/2023/04/how-the-anti-woke-campaign-against-the-u-s-military-damages-national-security/?utm_source=pocket_saves

Israeli, UK & Australian national security communities leverage neurodiversity. For the first time, a study is available to inform the US national security community on reaping the benefits of #neurodiversity. Download it for free here: https://www.rand.org/pubs/research_reports/RRA1875-1.html

#autism #nationalsecurity #intelligencecommunity #natsec #usmilitary #usarmy #usaf #ussf #usspaceforce #usmc #usnavy #dod

On Monday, my team is publishing the first U.S. study of #neurodiversity in #nationalsecurity. Join us Tuesday for a free Zoom discussion. The report will be available for free download starting Monday, and I'll post the link when it's available. Register for the Zoom here:

https://www.rand.org/events/2023/03/neurodiversity-and-national-security.html

#randcorporation #autism #adhd #dyslexia #usmilitary #intelligencecommunity #usarmy #usnavy #usaf #ussf #spaceforce #usmc

Unclassified Summary of Assessment on #COVID19 #Origins. Date: August 27, 2021. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (#ODNI) today released an unclassified summary of the #IntelligenceCommunity #assessment on COVID-19 origins.
https://www.americanbar.org/groups/public_education/resources/law_related_education_network/how_courts_work/discovery/ #FOIA #China #PublicHealth

When journalists wanted to report on possible balloon launch sites in China they knew who to call - #OSINT experts at the #Middlebury Institute.

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/1740876246

#IntelligenceCommunity #OpenSource

"U.S. and European security officials caution that Russia retains significant capabilities but said that its spy agencies have sustained greater damage over the past year than at any time since the end of the Cold War." #espionage #spies #intelligencecommunity

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2023/02/17/russia-spies-europe-arrests/

"Analysts need to learn to apply structured reasoning to their intuitive thinking"

Useful read, especially if you are leading a team of analysts.
The paper reminds us that critical thinking is not as innate as we like to believe. It is hard work that requires structured reasoning, the right guidance, and practice until it becomes internalized.

Why read it:

🔸️Differentiates what critical thinking is, what it is not
🔸️Explains why it matters in intel work
🔸️Provides real-life examples of intel failures due to flawed reasoning
🔸️Gives key concepts of critical thinking in a short & comprehensive format

#OSINT #osinttraining #osintflow #intelligenceanalysts #intelligenceanalysis #analysis #criticalthinking #intelligencecommunity

These effing people...The #GOP path to power involves eroding confidence and faith in all institutions that might compete with it...That's why we've seen attacks against the #intelligencecommunity #military #lawenforcement, #education, #publicservants, the #medical profession, etc...

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-slams-us-military-says-armed-forces-cant-fight-win-rcna68167

Overclassification is a well-documented (ahem) problem, used by bureaucrats to cover up corruption, crimes and incompetence, as well as out of the lazy reflex to declare *everything* to be secret. This is abetted by members of the vast "#IntelligenceCommunity" who have rotated into the private sector and have a lucrative side-hustle as TV talking heads who spin spy-thriller fantasies about the risks of these paper broken arrows.

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RT @IARPAnews
Today, at the @UnivOfKansas #KUBiotechDay, IARPA’s Dr. Michael Patterson is speaking to future scientists and researchers on the importance of biodefense and biosecurity. This event will attract a diverse, knowledgeable talent pool to one day support the #IntelligenceCommunity!

RT @IARPAnews
Data security is vital regardless of where the data is used. For #DataPrivacyDay, learn how our SCISRS program protects #IntelligenceCommunity data in challenging environments: https://bit.ly/3FvcvNW

Listening to a speech by Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines about the need to #declassify more material. She points to some assessments that her office has declassified: https://www.odni.gov/index.php/what-we-do/ic-assessments #intelligencecommunity #classifieddocuments

RT @INSAlliance@twitter.com

Last Chance to register for tomorrow's #CoffeeandConvo!

Join us online, tomorrow at 9:00am ET, as Linda Weissgold, Deputy Director for Analysis, @CIA@twitter.com, discusses top mission priorities.

Register today --> https://www.insaonline.org/detail-pages/event/2023/01/24/default-calendar/coffee-conversation-with-linda-weissgold

#intelligencecommunity

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/INSAlliance/status/1617608504361242625

CIA “Director Burns traveled to Kyiv where he met with Ukrainian intelligence counterparts as well as President Zelensky and reinforced our continued support for Ukraine in its defense against Russian aggression,” a US official said in a statement.

#CIA #intelligence #IntelligenceCommunity #ukraine #russia

https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/19/politics/cia-director-burns-zelensky-meeting-ukraine/index.html