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I only write these things because I've seen some historians assert historical parallels. I think it's kind of a weak comparison, in the sense that the Oppenheimer affair was pretty complex, and the Brennan affair seems to be "merely" a form of ugly politics.
The Oppenheimer affair, for all of its injustice, was not merely an attempt to silence a critic, or cut him off from potential income. The Brennan affair looks *only* like that, at least from my vantage point. FIN.
I don't disagree with your analysis, Alex, but I think there is an overall similarity: the intention in both cases is to humiliate and remove from the national scene. Different players with different amounts of power, though.
I think it downplays the complexity of the Oppenheimer situation, is all. And in some weird way elevates the Brennan situation to something more than it actually is; it's just a crude form of political retribution. Oppenheimer was more than that at every stage.
Agree. Some ways it’s much worse. In effect it silences Brennan because he is still under strict NDA but now doesn’t know exactly what is classified or not. So puts him at a large risk to say anything not knowing what cleared. Can easily get into trouble...
Yes, I think the Brennan case is in some ways much more disturbing than the Oppenheimer one. Oppenheimer was pretty exceptional for ways both good and bad. The Brennan case seems like a much more mundane use of clearance stripping as retribution.
Some say Oppie getting Fermi Award was in way an acknowledgement of mistake made by government in handling his security case. Do you think that was some what the case? Or not?pic.twitter.com/l6zYcFGUor
When JFK was elected some of Oppenheimer's allies, like McGeorge Bundy, were put into positions of power. They definitely saw the Fermi award as a way to try and signal that he was appreciated. Note that only way to do that politically was to give it to Teller the year before!
Missing here is that Brennan has no professional requirement to have a security clearance, nor is it relevant to his public statements. I debriefed all my "tickets" when I left the AF, so why should SES/Generals/FOs get to keep theirs? For what purpose? 1/2
Moreover, if Brennan was relying on his clearance for the content of his public remarks that is inappropriate. It also gives him public credibility that is inherently biased ("he should know, so he must be right"). Clearances have nothing to do with freedom of speech. 2/2
I think any attempt by the POTUS to "punish" critics is a freedom of speech issue, because of the power inherent in the job. (The POTUS is not acting as a private individual here, but as an official government agent.) So that's an issue no matter what.
As for Brennan's need for a clearance — plenty of people who leave their immediate office continue to consult in positions that require clearances. My understanding is that Brennan was doing that. This is why clearances are NOT typically revoked upon leaving the job.
If Trump's revocation is entirely based on political ill-will — which it appears to be — then it's a pretty nasty use of the clearance system. Does the POTUS have the ability to revoke a clearance at will? It seems so. Does that make it a good thing? No.
Just asking, are you going to update NUKEMAP3D? You could use cesium, and other websites which had used google earth now use cesium.
Cesium won't work unless they add a buildings layer — otherwise it's just a mushroom cloud on a flat surface, which defeats the point. I have added 3D KMZ support to NUKEMAP, and am exploring VR possibilities, but am otherwise waiting for a better API to be developed.
how about you can use cesium int he meantime, while waiting for a better API? cesium isn’t completely flat, at least it has terrain lol
Without buildings the desired effect is lost. It isn't worth the time to port it. My hope is that eventually Google Maps API will allow dev access to its 3D building layer again. If that happens then I'll port it over. Until then, the Google Earth KMZ option will have to do.
Well ok, guess we’ll have to wait
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