https://www.europesays.com/1903250/ Donald Trump’s Chimerical Foreign Policy #Canadá #DonaldTrump #europe #ForeignPolicy #IntelligenceCommunity #isolationism #opinion #populism #Russia #trump #UkraineWar

https://www.europesays.com/1813636/ Quantum Computing is a Long-Term Cybersecurity Risk, But Deserves Immediate Attention, Analysts Report #Data #IntelligenceCommunity #Mitre

For folks in the IC:

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.

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.

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.

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.

Some take-aways from last week’s 2024 #IntelligenceCommunity #TechWeek:
- Difficulties in developing AI for #defense and #security seem similar to the difficulties in #healthcare (e.g., #dataManagement, public vs. private #funding).
- Should funding agencies prioritize #teamScience over individual PIs or labs?
- The Sci & Tech awards ceremony continued its rare fusion of inspiration and mystery.

I'm happy to discuss the #ICpostdoc program with interested U.S. citizens.

https://na.eventscloud.com/website/72403/#Agenda

How can your institution benefit from reframing #autism and #neurodiversity?

The #RAND corporation suggests that
1. Some traits (like #neurodivergence) can be so advantageous in certain industries that they are more like #qualifications than #disabilities.
2. Some #accommodations (like stimulus-reduced spaces and times) are so universally beneficial that they should be the default rather an exception to #policy.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10501819/

#IvyLeague #IntelligenceCommunity #UFOs #debunk

Wait. What? Now they're saying it's *not* Little Green Men. I'm soooooo dissapointed. Since childhood, my life's ambition has been to be abducted by aliens. It wouldn't be research in advance of their invasion fleet's arrival. It'd be a rescue mission. I want off this rock. It's a death trap.

https://www.expandingfrontiersresearch.org/post/the-ivy-league-ic-and-ufos

How should numeric probabilities be translated into words? Maybe they shouldn't be.

"Words of estimative probability" wreak havoc in high-stakes communication like #intelligenceCommunity 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.

There has been quite some conversation around this lately. My take: Large Language Models (LLMs) like #ChatGPT cannot be treated as an #OSINT tool simply because...they do not get the job done. On multiple levels.

Can they be utilized for 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘳 tasks if operated with an understanding of their capabilities & limitations? Yes.
Image analysis for example is currently a pretty interesting (but limited) function.

Can it be relied on as an independent OSINT tool? Absolutely not.

LLMs that are asked to pull out data or "intelligence" often provide instead...

Incorrect answers that sound plausible (example in images).

"Poisoned" data from disinformation, misinformation and influence campaigns. And sometimes heavily biased answers.

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.

and a last one...

What ChatGPT4 does not provide by stating that "it is not available to the public", can instead easily be found via *actual* OSINT Techniques.

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.

"More than three years ago, the [U.S.] National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency launched a '#neurodiversity' hiring pilot program. [...] Now, NGA is looking to build off its initial pilot program with a broader effort."

Jen King, a senior #GEOINT analyst (who is on the spectrum) explains in this 20-minute #podcast: https://federalnewsnetwork.com/podcast/inside-the-ic-podcast/nga-looks-to-build-on-neurodiversity-hiring-effort/

We recently introduced two new MISP galaxies for supporting OSINT collection and analysis of guns/firearms:

- Ammunitions https://github.com/MISP/misp-galaxy/blob/main/clusters/ammunitions.json
- Firearms https://github.com/MISP/misp-galaxy/blob/main/clusters/firearms.json

Thanks to the contributors.

"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/

"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/

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 #IntelligenceCommunity and European #intelligence services and the IC response. The project took ~7 years. #KeepTheFaith Downloads here: https://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/6U6HY6I7ME5GNRE84SRA/full?target=10.1080/14682745.2023.2191948 #ColdWar #IntelligenceHistory #Hungary #histodons #CIA @histodons