Steven Aftergood (now on Bluesky)

A cat may look at a king

[Steven Aftergood (now on Bluesky) @saftergood]

"Corruption is... enabled by a political system with... a lack of independent checks on public officials," says a new report from the Director of National Intelligence. https://t.co/exBJ2YQykV...

[Steven Aftergood (now on Bluesky) @saftergood]

@TomerPersico @Doron_Nehemia @AviAmit26 @kann שיחה מאיר עיניים. תודה.

[Steven Aftergood (now on Bluesky) @saftergood]

@joshgerstein Indeed. Moments ago I received a (heavily redacted) response from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence to a request submitted in 2014.

[Steven Aftergood (now on Bluesky) @saftergood]

@meulie I think you're right. Six feet is an exaggeration.

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@emptywheel This might do https://t.co/bUpdGBkztX

[Steven Aftergood (now on Bluesky) @saftergood]

@Celestemarcus3 @washingreview "Can you imagine Goethe laughing?" Rüdiger Safranski can (here with Schiller):

[Steven Aftergood (now on Bluesky) @saftergood]

@ChongKyong Good eye! You are right. CRS has issued a corrected version that is posted here: https://t.co/OmbuIAY2qp

[Steven Aftergood (now on Bluesky) @saftergood]

@GilStudent Thanks for this. A 2019 Bar Ilan Univ PhD dissertation on the Shach, with a helpful biographical introduction, is available here: https://t.co/PPFERyTUAG

[Steven Aftergood (now on Bluesky) @saftergood]

Autonomous weapons systems will be designed with "the ability to disengage or deactivate deployed systems that demonstrate unintended behavior" https://t.co/PkquH2S3Sf

[Steven Aftergood (now on Bluesky) @saftergood]

The 1954 Atomic Energy Commission decision to revoke J. Robert Oppenheimer's security clearance was vacated today by Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm, who noted "numerous irregularities" in the case https://t.co/ewvBQ7tq3A

[Steven Aftergood (now on Bluesky) @saftergood]

US Army doctrine describes the use of *money* to influence the outcome of military operations. (Didn't work so well in Afghanistan.) Released in redacted form under #FOIA https://t.co/RA3vTD2Z1g

[Steven Aftergood (now on Bluesky) @saftergood]

CRS: 25% of the deaths of US active-duty military personnel since 2006 were self-inflicted https://t.co/E9dvVGtvLw

[Steven Aftergood (now on Bluesky) @saftergood]

@steve_vladeck This 2021 House Judiciary Comm hearing on the subject was just recently published: https://t.co/JrsxqrnD77

[Steven Aftergood (now on Bluesky) @saftergood]

It is DoD policy to use social media "to amplify timely and relevant information about the national security, defense strategy, and appropriate unclassified work of the Department" https://t.co/pJW27qr1PE

[Steven Aftergood (now on Bluesky) @saftergood]

@joshgerstein In 2011, DOJ was still arguing that the criterion is "non-public" information (rather than classified) and it did not cite the AIPAC ruling at all https://t.co/eSXEsHsRGJ

[Steven Aftergood (now on Bluesky) @saftergood]

@joshgerstein Right. Here's that "gloss" reference from the AIPAC case https://t.co/RyblIVvwFD . But it's not clear to me that it absolutely excludes unclass info that is closely held and could damage national security.

[Steven Aftergood (now on Bluesky) @saftergood]

@JesselynRadack @BradMossEsq @Thomas_Drake1 Hi Jess. The original indictment, I know you'll recall, did allege retention of classified info -- although those allegations didn't survive.

[Steven Aftergood (now on Bluesky) @saftergood]

New military guidance on "the care and disposition of deceased personnel and the handling of their personal effects across a continuum of conflict ranging from peace through war" https://t.co/IeWKqt1SRp

[Steven Aftergood (now on Bluesky) @saftergood]

"As the U.S. Army prepares its soldiers to operate anywhere in the world, this publication describes the flying techniques crewmembers use to successfully operate in various environments." https://t.co/sn4CeyuuaI