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"In a mindless age, every insight takes on the character of a lethal weapon." - M. McLuhan to E. Pound, letter, 1951.
Brad Carson
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Father of Jack, husband of Julie. Ex Congress, DoD, @BattenUVa, Prez @utulsa. Prez of @americans4ri. An enthusiast, but w/ a gimlet eye on the log x-axis. Okie!
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Just out of curiosity, did the @newyorker and author think that they had hidden the identity of the French economist and were just ignorant of how quickly internet sleuths would find him? Or did they understand and, by not naming him, figure they didn't bear responsibility?
OK, @Tulane and @GreenWaveFB supporters, please explain what happened to your program. I love that @utulsa beat you by a thousand, but it wasn't long ago you were in the CFP. What happened?
I wish Shaun would have the same generosity to, say, the Brown student he falsely accused of the mass shooting there. He wrongly named the young (Muslim) person as a suspect, probably irrevocably harming him, and never so much as apologized. But espionage? Happy to defend.
People have no idea how sophisticated nation state activities areView quoted post on X
If you are a target of opportunity for China it’s not unheard of for them to dedicate O(1000) humans dedicated to compromising you
This is what happened w their NYT hack in 2013, which was designed to send a message
They will compromise your friend’s friend’s friend to compromise you
And work down that chain until your friend invites you on a fun trip on a private plane to Mexico/Thailand/wherever (example)
Where some night you have a very boozy dinner and then you show back up at the house and some girls are there
You’re drunk and make a mistake and then you’re owned until you’re disposable
Nation state kompromat for “target’s of choice” is a system designed to find any individual’s weakness (you’re bisexual; a gambler, an alcoholic, drug addict, have a debt, adulterous, etc) and then force them into a situation of maximum amplification of this weakness
99% of people can be compromised using nation state capabilities and tactics
nytimes.com/2013/01/31/tec…
It's amazing. Who would have known, but American Dynamism apparently excuses sleeping with Chinese spies.