Pat

A boring bureaucrat | 15+ years (lost count) in risk, governance, eval, nat sec oversight | Currently international cyber policy

[Pat @_geopol_nerd]

@MonitorX99800 @ahi_hay_alguien Incorrect. I literally saw this reported on the Australian Broadcasting Commission (abc) news reporting channel, soon after it happened

[Foreign Affairs @ForeignAffairs]

The latest episode of “The Foreign Affairs Interview” features a conversation with former CIA Director William Burns, who has spent years learning what drives U.S. allies and adversaries. Listen here:
https://t.co/hfwTVfhnbp

[Jackie Singh @HackingButLegal]

I've caught them doing this multiple times. There aren't enough hours in the day to write these stories

[Simon Banks @SimonBanksHB]

"He estimated about 10 to 15 extra shipments would now reach Australia in April on top of what would be expected to arrive in ordinary times.

“There has been an extraordinary uptick in numbers,” he said. “Usually, you would not get so many tankers.”"

https://t.co/1O1MW4QXRr

[Pat @_geopol_nerd]

@CalumB60835284 @Dr_M_Davis .. AUKUS (cont) is a trilateral capability partnership. NATO failure would be serious but contagion to FVEY isn't automatic as the relationships and trust that make intelligence sharing function operate at levels below the political and have done for 80 yrs

[Pat @_geopol_nerd]

@CalumB60835284 @Dr_M_Davis .. AUKUS (cont) is a trilateral capability partnership. NATO failure would be serious but contagion to FVEY isn't automatic as the relationships and trust that make intelligence sharing function operate at levels below the political and have done for 80 yrs

[Pat @_geopol_nerd]

@CalumB60835284 @Dr_M_Davis Worth distinguishing the architectures here NATO, AUKUS and Fvey operate on diff legal, inst. and membership bases. FVEY is signals intel sharing with 80 yrs of embedded technical interoperability that has survived significant pol turbulence, AUKUS on the other hand,..

[Pat @_geopol_nerd]

@DrDemography the age should make this one paywall free, genuine public interest stuff here

[Pat @_geopol_nerd]

@JuliePSmith1 @QuentinDempster @DaemonRusty @NACCgovau what was the tender for? how'd I miss that part..

[Pat @_geopol_nerd]

To clarify re 'opaque' - I say that as someone who values oversight, not as critique as intell/sec architectures can't fully explain their work publicly without compromising it. That opacity isnt a cover but it does create a vacuum speculation (& bad faith) can easily fill

[Pat @_geopol_nerd]

Genuine qu: is the recent uptick in anti-FVEY discourse best understood as America First isolationism, a proxy war on 'woke' anglosphere gov, or frustration with an inst. whose role is largely opaque by design? Coz it reads very differently depending on which lens you use

[Dr. Dan Lomas @Sandbagger_01]

There's a lot of crap on Five Eyes, but this tops it.

Five Eyes literally does protect US lives and national security, and supports US interests.

No, the "Steele Dossier" wasn't "from" UK intelligence and our Home Secretary is British.

[Dr. Dan Lomas @Sandbagger_01]

There's a lot of crap on Five Eyes, but this tops it.

Five Eyes literally does protect US lives and national security, and supports US interests.

No, the "Steele Dossier" wasn't "from" UK intelligence and our Home Secretary is British.

[Pat @_geopol_nerd]

@TheBlackWallaby @Dr_M_Davis perhaps some wishful thinking but political turbulence at the top doesn't easily translate into operational disruption at the working level, and the alliance has structural depth that outlasts any particular administration

[Pat @_geopol_nerd]

@Polymarket @patriottakes "does not meet our integrity standards," which are...?

[State of Palestine @Palestine_UN]

Getting ready for Easter in Ramallah🇵🇸 🐣

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[Kate @kate_grealy]

Moved to Indonesia in my 20s. Was painfully lonely, spent nights after teaching uni learning Indonesian thru songs, which is how I made friends (pics below)

[Jordanreviewsittt @jordanreviewsit]

“Return to the office for the exciting culture”

The culture:

[Pat @_geopol_nerd]

@spooked75 I wouldn't say that targeting citizens is new, and would suggest that the preventing and countering violent extremism (p/cve) agenda saw the introduction of that

[Pope Leo XIV @Pontifex]

The cross is part of the mission. The imperialist occupation of the world is disrupted from within; the violence that until now has been the law is unmasked. The poor, imprisoned, and rejected Messiah descends into the darkness of death, yet in so doing He brings a new creation to light. #HolyThursday