On January 26, the Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB) will hold a two-day in-person public meeting and conference at the Lyndon B. Johnson Library and Museum in Austin, TX. Learn more about registering for this meeting:
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The PIDB looks forward to welcoming DNI Haines tomorrow evening for a conversation on reforming the classification system. Register at link below.
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Tomorrow! Join us for "An Evening with Avril Haines" @ODNIgov Dir. Haines will give keynote remarks, followed by a fireside chat with Adam Klein, Dir. of @StraussCenter. See y'all on 1/26 at 6:30pm in the Lady Bird Johnson Auditorium @LBJLibrary. Register: bit.ly/3ZKjhc3
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Join us this Friday for our symposium with . Will be hearing from experts about the state of our classification system including how to improve handling of classified records.
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Don't forget to register for "America's Secrets: Classified Information and our Democracy"! Join @ClementsCenter @StraussCenter @UTIntel @TheLBJSchool @LBJLibrary @PublicDeclass next Thursday and Friday January 26-27 at the LBJ Library!
Get more info: clementscenter.org/events/item/26
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Tomorrow, the PIDB is on the way to Austin for our first public IN-PERSON meeting since 2020.
Meeting starts at 4PM .
Register here:
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REMINDER: PIDB In-Person Public Meeting tomorrow at 4:00 PM. Make sure to sign-up.
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Want to help those who are trying to bring the national secrecy complex under control? Sign up for tomorrow's (virtual) meeting of the Public Interest Declassification Board (). The lack of public interest has been a big part of up to this point...
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Amazing to sit down with @jonstewart to talk about secrets -- the tragedy, the farce, the WTF. We let it all hang out. twitter.com/TheProblem/sta…
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Meet naval aviation and Korean War hero Capt. E. Royce Williams. Four downed MiG-15s in 35 minutes, now a Navy Cross recipient.
He truly has the right stuff.
#navalaviation #koreanwar #hero
Read all about it: cpf.navy.mil/Newsroom/News/
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Today, CENTCOM and the Israel Defense Forces begin Juniper Oak 23.2, a large-scale exercise in Israel and the Eastern Mediterranean Sea.
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US warns overdose crisis will spread overseas without action from China ft.com/content/1c3ec3 US will press Beijing to halt the near-free flow of raw materials for fentanyl #overdosecrisis #fentanyl #China
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How the U.S. and Israel can be better partners in a dangerous time-- read expert Jonathan Schachter -
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On the anniversary of the launching of the USS Nautilus we should remember Admiral Rickover and pray for more military leaders like him.
youtu.be/rxW03HBTHXk via
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#OnThisDay in 1954, the christened and launched USS Nautilus (SSN 571), the world's first nuclear-powered vessel.
Eight months later, Nautilus was commissioned and underway on nuclear power.
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Valuable points.
But seems reasonable to ask Taiwan to at least meet the standard of South Korea, which has also existed under threat of attack for 70+ years.
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1/ For Western national security analysts lamenting apparent unpreparedness of Taiwan military for Taiwan Strait risk scenarios, it's important to do a mental experiment by trying to get into head of a Taiwan Army officer. What are your incentives, and what do you care about, if
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What have we learned from Vietnam? Not much, if the Afghanistan pullout is anything to go by, writes Barton Swaim
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As the first of Generation X to serve in the field and also sit at the Secretary of Defense’s desk, this isn’t your typical, “DC Insider”, CYA, ghost-written, boring door stop. It's for the people that actually do the work (not the pundits and brass hats).
Drops 2/7/23.
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With the PIDB working to counter over classification, highlighted our event Reforming the Classification System. The experts argued that “the growing volume of classified records already exceeds the ability of humans alone to process them."
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Join us Jan. 26th at 6:30 p.m. CST for an Evening With Dir. Avril Haines , the 7th Senate-confirmed DNI in our nation’s history, the 1st woman to lead the U.S. Intelligence Community. Fireside chat Adam Klein to follow. Registration: bit.ly/3ZKjhc3
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Another scandal regarding classified material: There’s too much of it
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DARPA enters a new phase in creation of an aircraft with no exterior moving parts. will design a full-scale X-plane that relies solely on changes in air flow for in-flight maneuvers. #ActiveFlowControl #XPlane
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By conducting multi-national training exercises w/ our Swedish partners, U.S. forces & those of our Ally & partner nations hone skills, fine-tune interoperability & acclimate to inherent challenges posed by fighting in the Arctic’s extreme cold weather conditions. #ArcticSecurity
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If you think about it, the Islamic regime in Iran is no less murderous and fanatical than ISIS — but they are treated like a legitimate state because they have diplomats who smile and lie to the world, and useful idiots in the West who go along. List IRGC as a terrorist entity.
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Today we remember SSG Joshua R. Townsend who died from a non-combat related accident on this day in 2009. We also remember CW2 Jonathan Farmer killed in action on this day in 2019. SSG Townsend was assigned to . CW2 Farmer was assigned to . #DOL
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Today we remember Scott Wirtz who was killed on January 16, 2019, and pledge a Nation of Support to those left behind.
#ANationofSupport #Teammates #NeverForgotten #NeverForget #HonorAndRemember
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4 years ago Shannon gave her last full measure fighting evil.
She is always with us, telling us to press forward.
I love you forever. Shannon eternal.
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1.16.2019 ~ Senior Chief Petty Officer Shannon Kent 🇺🇸
#OpHawkeyeRemembers #ShannonKent #CryptologicTechnician #BronzeStar #PurpleHeart
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I’m in Davos to argue for the frozen Russian $350 billion to be used for the defence of Ukraine. But I won’t be doing it in the halls of the WEF because they raised the price of attendance to $250k for me (3x what they charged before). Russians are happy
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The large, expensive “Death Stars” that dominate the ’s budget will need help to take on the challenge of #China’s rise. Bryan Clark explains why long-range missiles, missile defenses, & robotic ships are vital to the surface fleet’s future success.
hudson.org/defense-strate
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Interesting article from highlighting the PIDB’s work over the past two years to counter pervasive over classification. Expansion of the natsec community must be matched by improvements to the declassification system.
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Airmen honored at Kirtland for daring rescue mission - Albuquerque Journal
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The Public Interest Declassification Board (PIDB) is holding its first public meeting of 2023 on Thursday, January 26 to discuss electronic government records, review the PIDB's initiatives over the past year, and plans for the coming year.
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On January 26th at 4:30 pm, will host its first public meeting of 2023. Join us online or in the 10th Floor Atrium. Register here:
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PIDB & to hold Conference on “America’s Secrets: Classified Information and Our Democracy,” January 26-27, at the LBJ Library in Austin, Texas – to Attend In Person, Register Now! ing-classification.blogs.archives.gov/2023/01/13/pid.
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Imagine being a Jewish student on this campus and watching this terror-supporting parade make its way through the University.
How can Jewish students feel safe in this environment?
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In the last 24 hours we have seen reports that China is exploring building transportation infrastructure in Argentina (port facility) and now Djibouti (vertical launch).
America needs to get its head back in the game.
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A team of Chinese scientists claim they have devised an algorithm that could decrypt 2048-bit RSA by using a hybrid system.
examines the directionally significance of #China's advancement in .
forbes.com/sites/arthurhe
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***BREAKING***
A sudden mass exodus of warships and submarines from Novorossiysk today. Very unusual, may be a leading indicator of an operation of some kind
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🗓Mark your calendars! We're hosting a two-day conference “America’s Secrets: Classified Information and our Democracy” on Jan. 26-27 at the with , featuring keynotes from Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines and Senator .
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TFW China justifies its #UyghurGenocide by claiming it is fighting terrorism but signs oil extraction deal with actual terrorist Taliban
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Details are few but Army CID definitely rolled up a dozen-plus Special Forces soldiers last week in connection with a major narcotics investigation at Fort Bragg
Here are official statements from SOCOM and USASOC
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