User talk:Plausible to deny

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Response to your comment on Fact & Fiction[edit]

Good question. Areas where I can write from a strong knowledge base include intelligence (and associated C4ISRTA or whatever acronym is in vogue), medicine, and computer networks. Perhaps special operations, especially from the standpoint of cross-cultural operations.

Now, how do these come together? I'm told that network executives once tried to capitalize on the most popular themes of the time: Westerns, medicine, and law. The proposed show title was "Sioux the Doctor".

Seriously, the challenge is coming up with a couple of characters I care about, and then plot stories. I'm a good storyteller for educational analogies, but this is still new. Thanks! Howard C. Berkowitz (talk) 13:24, 13 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Apropos government classification[edit]

Around 1972, I did a study on classification, sponsored by a respected political research organization that opened doors. Unfortunately, the copies got lost years ago.

I discovered there was...what, circular logic? CIA people had no problem putting codewords on the same thing that the State Bureau of Intelligence and Research would make non-codeword, because CIA had the facilities for easily handling SCI material. In all fairness, CIA was, by far, the most cooperative in wanting me to understand why they did things the way they did. NSA was the worst.

Not exactly germane, but I cherish a throwaway line in G. Gordon Liddy's autobiography, Will, which happens to be hysterically funny. He spoke of some classified material where "the first letter of the codeword was SECRET, the full codeword was TOP SECRET, and the information it protected could be given by God the Father to the Holy Spirit only on a need-to-know basis." With only slight literary license, that could well describe "B" used in certain contexts along with the existence of the National Reconnaissance Office, "the fact of" the National Reconnaissance Program and the BYEMAN control system, and the technical details of NRO sensors. BYEMAN, NRP, and NRO are all declassified these days. Howard C. Berkowitz (talk) 19:09, 10 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Some government agencies dissatisfied with the current system of document classification have apparently developed their own way of doing things:[1] Plausible to deny (talk) 00:27, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Aproopos of nothing[edit]

Feel free to send email; I'll give you the address in the response.

The picture is maybe 5 years old. Add a beard of mixed colors, more to the white.

Working for the Library of Congress was fascinating at times, except when it turned too bureaucratic. Eventually, I got caught in a turf war or two. Still, the attitude towards Jefferson is almost as if you expect him to walk in the door. When I was there, Daniel Boorstin was Librarian of Congress, and he'd show up anywhere, anytime...always interested in what we were doing, talking about his work in history, and so forth. In fact, there was a decent chance if you cane in early for breakfast before the building opened to the public, there very well might be a table with Dr. and Mrs. Boorstin, and a random group of staff.

In a certain way, he was like Grace Hopper, with whom I had some brief conversations and heard lecture many times. Technically, they were old. Mentally, they weren't quite childish, but more like excited high school or college academic students -- although their steel determination and focus also came through. Howard C. Berkowitz (talk) 17:48, 11 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

John McCain[edit]

My bad on removing the McCain stance from the Free Flow of Information Act article. Chicken Wing (talk) 16:34, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not a problem. Thanks. Plausible to deny (talk) 16:46, 18 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Not stalking at all...[edit]

Actually, you found a backup copy of the main article at the MILHIST essay page. There's an interesting discussion going on at User:Folantin/Userspace Folantin5 about dealing with chauvinist POV, and it was suggested a control copy stay in userspace. Howard C. Berkowitz (talk) 01:50, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

CIA FAN[edit]

Hi Plausible,

Just wanted to let you know that I have requested some comments on the CIA article before I move ahead to FAN. I've asked to conentrate on content issues for now, but would welcome any suggestions you might have. Please see my discussion on the talk page and I hope to hear from you!

Cheers,

Morethan3words (talk) 21:39, 31 March 2009 (UTC)[reply]