True.
Retired Lt. Colonel, according to that article. Really should have known better.
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To be fair, it is almost inevitable that some people vulnerable to this sort of manipulation are going to end up with access to secret information. As the saying goes about throwing enough shit at the wall, keep testing and you'll eventually find one. Just think - with the development of AI agencies won't even have to waste their own time on it. Just send a bunch of bots to butter up enemy officers. In fact, we can all look forward to the point where 20% of the Earth's entire electricity consumption is AI bots trying to chat each other up on the internet.
But someone who surely must have been trained - I find the idea that they're handing it over based on nothing but lines of text.... I mean, at least be suckered by someone who has to turn up and meet you in person.
Any organisation that handles classified material tends to drum this kind of learning into all its people's heads on a very regular basis. Regardless of clearance level, regardless of position in the hierarchy, regardless of actual job. Everyone does this shit.
Its not uncommon for people to leave a government body - in this case the Department of Defence - and then be hired back as a civilian contractor as soon as the obligatory waiting period has expired. Especially if its a role that doesn't strictly need an active duty military member to do it. And if he left the service in good standing with a still active clearance......
Austin in Ramstein: 'Russia has paid a staggering cost for Putin's imperial dreams'
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin opened the 20th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group (UDCG) held in Ramstein, Germany, on March 19.
kyivindependent.com
Currently there's a terrorist attack in Moscow. It should be noted Putin started his reign by bombing his own civilians so he could start a war in order to prop up his image as a though guy. I wouldn't discount this attack being yet another crime of the Kremlin against their own population.
Islamic State has posted videos claiming responsibility for the mass shooting at the concert hall outside Moscow, at which 133 have died and over a dozen more are critically injured. They also included videos of their own gunmen filming themselves during the incident.
www.theguardian.com
Russian state media had sought to blame Ukraine. Even now, after the above videos have been released, Russian media avoids mention of Islamic State and continues to point to Ukraine.
New Islamic State videos back claim it carried out Moscow concert hall attack
Footage of gunmen reinforces terror group’s claim to have masterminded worst terror attack on Russia in two decades
www.theguardian.com
Russian state media had sought to blame Ukraine. Even now, after the above videos have been released, Russian media avoids mention of Islamic State and continues to point to Ukraine.
Russian foreign ministry is doubling down, disputing that Islamic State is responsible for the Crocus City massacre and again accusing Ukraine. Their spokesperson today wrote an article to that effect in Komsomolskaya Pravda.
This is despite the fact IS released images of the gunmen before the attack, and also released bodycam footage from their men during the attack itself.
This is despite the fact IS released images of the gunmen before the attack, and also released bodycam footage from their men during the attack itself.
So essentially we can take away from the Kremlin's response that against all odds they weren't behind the attack but seem to regret that, and now act as if they were behind the attack.
I think Russia's line on this is that ISIS carried this out, but with the backing of Ukraine, USA and UK. (Because after all, ISIS gets on with the USA so well.) The argument of the Russian government roughly is that ISIS doesn't have the capability to get some gunmen into a Russian entertainment venue, so it could only do so with the support of more powerful players.