Micah Zenko

@MicahZenko

Writer, organizational inquisitor, aspiring foreign policy thinker. Books: Red Team, Clear and Present Safety, Between Threats and War.

District of Columbia, USA
Joined December 2010
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    Jan 8

    For those just now recognizing that America's gravest threats are internal; and I published the book making that case.

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  2. 52 minutes ago

    "Analysis on foreign election interference was delayed, distorted or obstructed out of concern over policymaker reactions or for political reasons,” said the analytic ombudsman in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence.

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  3. 16 hours ago

    Political impact is immediate, but for someone who owes $340M to Deutsche Bank in three years, his loss of followers would crater revenue generation opportunities over time.

    Twitter says it has permanently suspended Trump's account for violating its policy against "glorifying violence"
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  4. 17 hours ago

    This 4-person commission should be disbanded by incoming SECDEF on day one, and replaced with respected scholars, activists, veterans, etc.

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  5. 17 hours ago

    SECDEF Miller announced the Commission required by law to oversee the renaming of Confederate military installations. Deeply troubling they are all outgoing Trump loyalists.

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  6. 17 hours ago

    New study: "Participants were more likely to remember information about politics and government policy when it was conveyed in a humorous rather than non-humorous manner and were more willing to share the information."

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  7. 20 hours ago

    RIP Neil Sheehan. A Bright Shining Lie is among 3-4 best books ever written, and the best ever on warfare.

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  8. 23 hours ago

    Sorry, cannot get over GOP politicians who thought open coup plotting was fine, but executing the coup plot was a step too far. insane

    To measure the principles officials now resigning: Seditious conspiracy, extortion, and criminal incitement to openly plot a coup for two months was OK. Insurrectionists conducting one phase of that plot was not.
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  9. Jan 7

    To measure the principles officials now resigning: Seditious conspiracy, extortion, and criminal incitement to openly plot a coup for two months was OK. Insurrectionists conducting one phase of that plot was not.

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  10. Jan 7

    GAO report for all DC residents: helicopter noise and traffic..30,000 a year, 37% are military.

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  11. Jan 7

    HR: One more tweet for this thread: "I take full responsibility, and apologize, for my role in voluntarily supporting and enabling Trump's malicious behavior, which was apparent before he took office and before I assumed my role as NSA."

    The reasons for yesterday’s criminal assault on our Congress and election process are many.  But foremost among them is the sad reality that President Trump and other officials have repeatedly compromised our principles in pursuit of partisan advantage and personal gain.
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  12. Jan 7

    We will probably learn there was no analytical product, shared as a bulletin among LE, predicting an attack of the Capitol. Therefore there was no "intelligence!"

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  13. Jan 7

    Heroes in action

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  14. Jan 7

    What happens when officials conceive of "intelligence" as being only secretly-acquired information.

    (DC POLICE) MPD CHIEF : "There was no intelligence that suggests that there would be a breach of the US Capitol. "
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  15. Jan 7

    In October, the Army announced it will close its Red Team University at Ft. Leavenworth....maybe hold off on that decision

    At DC press briefing, Army Sec Ryan McCarthy said they expected yday to be similar to other recent protests and said officials did not imagine a Capitol breach in their 'wildest imagination.'
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  16. Jan 7

    Priorities in DC can't change until Dem + GOP leaders acknowledge that "national security" starts with threats posed by Americans to America.

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  17. Jan 7

    You should make Matt's tweet the first blurb for the book jacket.

    I spend two years writing this book... and he just... he tweets it out
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  18. Jan 7

    Look infinitely harder at those who voluntarily work for, support, and enable, those horrible elected officials.

    Former White House chief of staff John Kelly said he was "horrified" by the violent mob that stormed the US Capitol yesterday and urged voters to "look infinitely hard" at who they elect to public office
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  19. Jan 6

    If you think a premeditated domestic terror attack on the US Capitol is bad, b/c it harms America's global influence, your values are misplaced.

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  20. Jan 6

    Were obvious attack vectors modeled to determine soundness of defenses, were C+C and roles and responsibilities clarified, were there tabletop exercises w/ key stakeholders, were there tested contingency plans, was their an adversarial red team?

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