The Last Diplomat
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The Last Diplomat
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Re: The Last Diplomat
#2paywall :(
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#3paywall :(
Have you tried the "web" link under the submission title? It works for me. Others have mentioned it sometimes doesn't.
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#5That was a rather entertaining article, both for the story, but also for the subtext about the dangers of SIGINT-only intelligence gathering. The NSA hoovers up everything it can get automatically, but that data is used without context. In this story, the context of being a diplomat, the context of being in Pakistan, and the context of being conversational partners with a HUMINT source.
I'm sure the NSA is (at this point) aware of this problem, and trying to make the collected data more context-aware. I wonder to what extent the content of just phone calls, texts, emails, and facebook posts can be used to learn small-group dynamics. (Like the fact that the people of E-7 in the story consider talks of a Pakistani coup to be normal idle dinner talk.)
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#6The attitude of the FBI towards diplomacy portrayed in the story is pretty alarming. I generally have a positive view on the Obama administration, but their pursuit of "leaks" post Wikileaks & Snowden is deeply upsetting to me.
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#8That was a rather entertaining article, both for the story, but also for the subtext about the dangers of SIGINT-only intelligence gathering. The NSA hoovers up everything it can get automatically, but that data is used without context. In this story, the context of being a diplomat, the context of being in Pakistan, and the context of being conversational partners with a HUMINT source. I'm sure the NSA is (at this p…
Imagine you're a bureaucrat with little to no oversight. Your power is a function of your budget. You can hire a thousand people for $500,000 each or spend $1bn on a single contractor. With the former you have a thousand people to manage. With the latter, one.
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#9paywall :(
Google the name of the article. (This applies to pretty much any article that'd normally be behind a paywall, btw)
See Google search results.
Click on the link to the article from the search results.
Enjoy reading the article, sans paywall. (though you may get a nag screen still)
You're welcome. :)