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On our season 7 finale, we sit down with Shari Garcia Rozen, Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer (CDAO) at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), who takes us through a fascinating career journey, from her first job as a Sales Associate at the GAP to her current pivotal role in shaping data and AI strategy for the U.S. government.Shari shares her unique career path, which includes stints as a Private Sector Consultant at Booz Allen Hamilton working in the financial sector, and how these experiences fueled her curiosity, analytical mindset, and energy to tackle some of the nation's most complex intelligence challenges. We also dive into what it means to work in the intersection of data and artificial intelligence, and the critical role these technologies play in national security.Outside of work, Shari talks about her favorite hobbies such as hiking, traveling, crafting, and yes, sleep (it's important!). And in a fun twist, she recounts a time she had the thrilling opportunity to drive a Ferrari at the iconic Ferrari factory in Maranello, Italy.Tune in for an inspiring conversation about curiosity, career evolution, and nerding out. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this special live episode of the Iron Butterfly Podcast, hosted in partnership with the National Security Institute (NSI) at George Mason University, we delve into the pivotal role of women in the tech and intelligence sectors. This dynamic discussion, titled “The Future is Female,” features two esteemed guests: Rachel H. Grunspan, Deputy Chief for Strategy & Policy for the CIA, and Chandra Osann, Deputy Executive at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). Together, they explore the challenges and opportunities within the intelligence community and offer a powerful glimpse into how women are shaping the future of national security. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Save 20% on all Nuzest Products WORLDWIDE with the code MIKKIPEDIA at www.nuzest.co.nz, www.nuzest.com.au or www.nuzest.comThis week on the podcast Mikki speaks to Professor Ken Ford, co-founder and director of the Institute of Human and Machine Cognition. They discuss AI, ketogenic diets, why you can't trust nutrition science and much more.Kenneth Ford is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition (IHMC) — a not-for-profit research institute located in Pensacola, Florida. IHMC has grown into one of the nation's premier research organizations with world-class scientists and engineers investigating a broad range of topics related to building technological systems aimed at amplifying and extending human cognition, perception, locomotion and resilience.Ken is the author of hundreds of scientific papers and six books. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Tulane University. He is a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence, a charter Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, and a member of the Association for Computing Machinery, the IEEE Computer Society, and the National Association of Scholars.In February of 2012, Dr. Ford was named to the Defense Science Board (DSB) and in 2013, he became a member of the Advanced Technology Board (ATB) which supports the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). In 2018, Dr. Ford was appointed to the National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence.In 2020, Florida Trend Magazine named Ford one of its Living Legends, a list of all-time influential Florida leaders in business, medicine, academia, entertainment, politics, and sport.He also hosts a popular podcast about science called Stem-talk: https://www.ihmc.us/stemtalk/ Ken Ford: https://www.ihmc.us/groups/kford/ Contact Mikki:https://mikkiwilliden.com/https://www.facebook.com/mikkiwillidennutritionhttps://www.instagram.com/mikkiwilliden/https://linktr.ee/mikkiwillidenCurranz supplement: MIKKI saves you 25% at www.curranz.co.nz or www.curranz.co.uk off your first order

The esteemed neurosurgeon and former member of the Trump administration, Dr. Benjamin Carson, advocates that reinstating Donald Trump to the Presidential office would be an effective strategy to revitalize the federal bureaucracy for the benefit of its citizens. He believes that this could counterbalance current attempts by the Biden administration to thoroughly integrate approaches of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) into the machinery of the federal bureaucracy. During his tenure as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Carson observed firsthand the resistance of bureaucrats to the policies proposed by the Trump administration. Should he find himself back in the Oval Office, Trump has indicated that one of his primary objectives would be to streamline the administrative state. Trump intends to leverage executive orders like Schedule F to modify the employment protections of bureaucrats with significant sway in policy formation. Carson suggests that Trump's ambitious scheme to overhaul the administrative sector filled with bureaucrats endorsing left-wing ideologies has stirred concern amongst those favoring the Left. If Trump were to return to the presidency, a profound scrutiny of agencies and bureaucrats leaning towards the left seems imminent. There are many potential candidates for his inspection that might be seen as undermining his administration's goals. An unanticipated revelation by the Daily Wire recently uncovered interesting practices adopted by the intelligence agencies under the Biden administration. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), as per the findings of the investigation, distributed a DEI newsletter across the intelligence fraternity. Agencies including the FBI, CIA, and the Department of Justice (DOJ) received instructions on refraining from the use of 'problematic phrases' while discussing matters related to Islamic terrorism. Quite notably, the DEI document hosted an article from an undisclosed intelligence officer claiming that indulging in crossdressing enhanced his capabilities as an intelligence officer. Additionally, the National Security Agency (NSA) drafted a DEI dictionary that was brought to light exclusively by the Daily Wire. The glossary incorporated terms such as 'ze/zir', 'settler colonialism', and 'white fragility', with direct references to figures prominent in the discourse of Critical Race Theory. Other government bodies have perceptibly invested sizeable taxpayer-funded resources into the promotion of DEI methodologies. Under the Biden administration, the Pentagon is reported to have committed upwards of $270 million to champion left-leaning objectives. Similarly, the State Department, as exclusively revealed by the Daily Wire, expended more than $77 million on DEI programs in the span of two years under Biden's administration. A significant sum has been petitioned for future DEI initiatives. In a further endorsement of these approaches, DEI training sessions have been woven into the fabric of federal bureaucracy. Colorful instances include the Internal Revenue Service's compulsory training for criminal investigators. Much of the training material was sourced from an edgy transgender academic who controversially advocated for 'the death of whiteness' in an article provocatively titled 'Dead Honky.' While Trump indicates his intention to restructure the administrative state, there are those at the ready to fill vacancies created by the potential dismissal of bureaucrats in the event of his return to the presidency. A noteworthy initiative aiming towards this end is the Heritage Foundation's Project 2025 Presidential Transition Project. The goal of this project is to streamline an efficient conveyance of conservative principles in the next administration. Their plan involves assembling a robust database of promising individuals equipped to offer their contributions to a prospective conservative administration. Project 2025 underscores the importance of an action-oriented agenda backed by the right people for regaining conservative influence. They firmly believe that to liberate the nation from the stronghold of the radical Left, more than mere electoral victories is required. This conservative organization emphasizes a long-term vision for administrative change, stating that 'it is not enough for conservatives to win elections.' Victory would be ensuring the presence of a capable and dedicated conservative workforce ready to implement a solid legislative plan from the first day of the next conservative administration. Such comprehensive planning and implementation could pave the way for an administrative approach more in line with the ideals of individual liberty, minimal government interference, and a free market. Dr. Carson's perspective and initiatives like Project 2025 serve as reminders about the importance of institutional integrity and ideals in ensuring a smoothly functioning administration. The steps suggested aim at rejecting bureaucracy that hinders national development and instead favor policies emphasizing efficiency and transparency. While some argue that DEI is necessary to combat systemic discriminatory practices, proponents of overturning the current system believe it has been skewed towards ideological goals, sidelining practical solutions to pressing national issues. The proposed restructuring encourages a balanced and pragmatic administrative philosophy, one that reaches far beyond partisan politics to serve the American citizen at the heart of its operation. Ultimately, the execution of such a vision requires careful thought, meticulous planning, and an unwavering dedication towards fostering an administration that upholds democratic ideals while taking into account the rich diversity of perspectives that make America what it is today. Real News Now Website Connect with Real News Now on Social Media Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RealNewsNowApp/ X Twitter: https://twitter.com/realnewsapp Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realnews/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@realnewsnowapp Threads: https://www.threads.net/@realnews/ Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/realnewsnow Truth Social: https://truthsocial.com/@RealNews YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@realnewsnowapp End Wokeness: https://endthewokeness.com #realnewsnow See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On this week's episode of the Iron Butterfly podcast, we are thrilled to welcome our friend, Janaki Kates. Janaki is a national security consultant with nearly two decades of government experience and is passionate about expanding missions and growing diverse workforces. She began her career at the CIA as an analyst focusing on foreign space programs. She then went on to focus on foreign weapon systems, counterproliferation, and counterintelligence. Janaki has served at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Department of State, and the National Security Council. Most recently, she served as the Director of Government Affairs for the Intelligence Program at Northrop Grumman. Janaki shares her story with the common theme of taking life by the reins as a professional, wife, mom, friend, and mentor. She is tough yet unafraid to share a laugh. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

At the request of the White House, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) began exploring use cases for large language models (LLMs) within the Intelligence Community (IC). As part of this effort, ODNI sponsored the Mayflower Project at Carnegie Mellon University's Software Engineering Institute (SEI) from May 2023 through September 2023. The Mayflower Project attempted to answer the following questions: How might the IC set up a baseline, stand-alone LLM? How might the IC customize LLMs for specific intelligence use cases? How might the IC evaluate the trustworthiness of LLMs across use cases? In this SEI Podcast, Shannon Gallagher, AI engineering team lead, and Rachel Dzombak, special advisor to the director of the SEI's AI Division, discuss the findings and recommendations from the Mayflower Project and provides additional background information about LLMs and how they can be engineered for national security use cases.

The United States intelligence community issued a report this week saying Cuba conducted influence operations on 2022 midterm election candidates in Florida. The report by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) did not name specific people who were targeted but did say Cuba tried to build relationships with members of the media who could be critical of certain candidates. The report also names China, Russia and Iran as others who tried meddling in 2022 congressional elections. FOX's Eben Brown speaks with Dr. Emanuele Ottolenghi, senior fellow at Foundation for the Defense of Democracies and expert on Iranian influence in Latin America, who says our enemies align themselves with each other to sow chaos during elections. Click Here To Follow 'The FOX News Rundown: Evening Edition' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The United States intelligence community issued a report this week saying Cuba conducted influence operations on 2022 midterm election candidates in Florida. The report by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) did not name specific people who were targeted but did say Cuba tried to build relationships with members of the media who could be critical of certain candidates. The report also names China, Russia and Iran as others who tried meddling in 2022 congressional elections. FOX's Eben Brown speaks with Dr. Emanuele Ottolenghi, senior fellow at Foundation for the Defense of Democracies and expert on Iranian influence in Latin America, who says our enemies align themselves with each other to sow chaos during elections. Click Here To Follow 'The FOX News Rundown: Evening Edition' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The United States intelligence community issued a report this week saying Cuba conducted influence operations on 2022 midterm election candidates in Florida. The report by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) did not name specific people who were targeted but did say Cuba tried to build relationships with members of the media who could be critical of certain candidates. The report also names China, Russia and Iran as others who tried meddling in 2022 congressional elections. FOX's Eben Brown speaks with Dr. Emanuele Ottolenghi, senior fellow at Foundation for the Defense of Democracies and expert on Iranian influence in Latin America, who says our enemies align themselves with each other to sow chaos during elections. Click Here To Follow 'The FOX News Rundown: Evening Edition' Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Department of Defense (DoD) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) just released a detailed report on Unidentified Anomalous Phenomena (UAP) as mandated by the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022. The post Ep. #129 – Breaking Down the October 2023 UAP Report first appeared on The Black Vault.

In our inaugural episode, host Robert Mayer, senior vice president of cybersecurity innovation at USTelecom, sits down with Jeanette McMillian, assistant director of supply chain and cyber with the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, and Mona Harrington, assistant director for the National Risk Management Center at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency. The three talk about key risks and the priorities currently facing our supply chain ecosystem, how supply chain risks are communicated within the government, how artificial intelligence might be leveraged to identify and mitigate supply chain risks, and some of the biggest challenges we face in implementing AI solutions.   Show notes Jeanette J. McMillian serves as the Assistant Director for the Supply Chain and Cyber Directorate (SCD) of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center (NCSC). In this role, Ms. McMillian participates in interagency strategic programs and National Security Council initiatives to bolster the security of cyber and supply chains across the federal enterprise. She works closely with NCSC directorates, Office of Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) components, and other Departments and Agencies, specifically the Departments of Homeland Security and Defense, to address supply chain security as a critical component of the National Counterintelligence Security and National Cyber Strategy.   Mona Harrington was selected to lead the National Risk Management Center (NRMC) at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) in September of 2022. As Assistant Director, she collaborates with public-private partners to identify, analyze, and mitigate risk from cyber and physical threats to critical infrastructure. Under her leadership, the NRMC is advancing its integrated analytic capabilities to support how government and industry share information, manage risk, and prepare and respond to threats.   Bytes & Bandwidth is produced by Association Briefings.

This week on Sinica, Kaiser is joined by Margaret (Maggie) Lewis, professor of law at Seton Hall University and veteran Taiwan observer, and Paul Heer, former national intelligence officer for East Asia in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) under the Obama administration. Both were members of the Council on Foreign Relations's task force on U.S.-Taiwan policy, which produced a report titled “U.S.-Taiwan Relations in a New Era: Responding to a More Assertive China.” Both also wrote dissents, included in the report, about some of its findings and recommendations. They discuss what they think the report got right — and what it got wrong.01:01 – Introduction to the CFR's report U.S.-Taiwan Relations in a New Era: Responding to a More Assertive China05:09 – The mechanics of producing the report06:46 – Areas of common consensus among participants08:48 – What is the significance of the PLA's centennial in 2027 in view of the CFR task force?10:54 – Is the report too focused on the military at the expense of political, diplomatic, and economic considerations?14:22 – Taiwanese perspectives in the report16:36 – Strategic ambiguity and President Biden's “gaffes” as a new baseline for U.S. declaratory policy20:48 – The issue of deterrence: American and Chinese approaches25:48 – What has the United States done to move the status quo in terms of the Taiwan issue?41:06 – Is there evidence yet of Chinese preparation for a military action against Taiwan?A complete transcript of this podcast is available at TheChinaProject.com.Recommendations:Maggie: Fever: The Hunt for Covid's Origin by John Sudworth (podcast)Paul: Oppenheimer by Christopher Nolan Kennan: A life between Worlds by Frank Costigliola Kaiser: The Rise and Fall of the EAST: How Exams, Autocracy, Stability, and Technology Brought China Success, and Why They Might Lead to Its Decline by Yasheng HuangSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Watch on YouTube About the show Sponsored by us! Support our work through: Our courses at Talk Python Training Test & Code Podcast Patreon Supporters Connect with the hosts Michael: @mkennedy@fosstodon.org Brian: @brianokken@fosstodon.org Show: @pythonbytes@fosstodon.org Join us on YouTube at pythonbytes.fm/live to be part of the audience. Usually Tuesdays at 11am PT. Older video versions available there too. Michael #1: Pydantic roadmap via Mario Munoz Back in February [Samuel] [announced](https://pydantic.dev/announcement/) Pydantic Inc., but I didn't explain what services we were building. The problem is that even with Pydantic in your corner, working with data when it leaves Python often still sucks. We want to build a data platform to make working with data quick, easy, and enjoyable — where developer experience is our north star. There are five key components to the Pydantic Data Platform that we're thinking of building. Python Analytics/Observability — a logging and metrics platform with tight Python and Pydantic integration, designed to make the data flowing through your application more readily usable for both engineering and business analytics. More info... Data Gateway for object stores — Add validation, transformation and cataloguing in front of object stores like S3, with a schema defined in Pydantic models then validated by our Rust service. More info... Data Gateway for data warehouses — the same service as above, but integrated with your existing data warehouse. More info... Schema Catalog — for many, Pydantic already holds the highest fidelity representation of their data schemas. Our Schema Catalog will take this to the next level, serving as an organization-wide single source of truth for those schemas, tracking their changes, and integrating with our other tools and your wider platform. More info... Dashboards and UI powered by Pydantic models — a managed platform to deploy and control dashboards, auxiliary apps and internal tools where everything from UI components (like forms and tables) to database schema would be defined in Python using Pydantic models. More info... Tell them what you think with their survey Brian #2: The Right Way to Run Shell Commands From Python Martin Heinz Should have a tagline of “especially if you're on Mac or Linux”. Includes discussion of Python native tools - recommended a few os module functions - but otherwise avoid relying too much on os. subprocess.run() - stick with run() if you can. sh third party package - should be second choice if on Linux or Mac Michael #3: US: Yep, We're Buying Your Data, Including Your Embarrassing Secrets Digital information can be purchased from commercial data brokers and 'deanonymized' to ID the person it's tied to, including US citizens, the Office of the Director of National Intelligence says. The Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) on Friday declassified(Opens in a new window) a report from January 2022 that outlines the US government's approach to using Commercially Available Information (CAI), which can come from data brokers working in the internet ad and analytics industries. The purchased information includes details from users' smartphones and social media accounts. To all the “please disable your ad blockers” companies out there 1) It's not just about supporting your website 2) Ad blockers are not just avoiding ads. 3) It's not even necessary (our ads are not blocked on the podcast or the website) Consider browser != Chrome and/or nextdns.io for your whole network Brian #4: Pro-Tip – pytest fixtures are magic! Frank Wiles “The magic of pytest fixtures is how they are injected into your tests for you to use and their composability. When done well, writing tests is considerably easier and actually fun.” Setup code is often the biggest headache of test writing. pytest fixtures help solve the setup problem. Fixtures are used by just including them in a tests parameter list can build on top of each other can be used in any test in the project, if you put it in a central conftest.py can return all kinds of things: static data, instantiated objects, callables to make other things, Frank includes an interesting way to organize fixtures such that they are defined in local test directories but usable across a project, under “Organizing Your Fixtures”. Plugins with fixtures: A shoutout to pytest-django and a Revsys plugin called django-test-plus. Built-in fixtures. See also tmp_path. autouse One bit of incorrect info: autouse doesn't work like that. The value of global_thing cannot be grabbed unless you list it in the parameter list. It will run before every function (since it's scope=``"``function``" by default), but you gotta list it to get the value. To be fair, it's really hard to come up with good autouse examples. Partly because there are so few good reasons to use autouse. Extras Brian: Porting Python projects to Rust International Obfuscated Python Code Competition Michael: Remember the AMA (submit your question). “Scheduled” on July 11th at 11am. Joke: Marked as duplicate

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 4: Thomas Catanacci of Fox News writes, “[a] A top federal watchdog agency is opening an investigation into the impacts of offshore wind along the New Jersey coastline amid calls for a moratorium on development and an uptick in marine wildlife deaths.” You can read the full article here: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/federal-watchdog-opens-investigation-offshore-wind-impacts-amid-whale-deaths While speaking to the League of Conservation Voters on Wednesday night, President Joe Biden bizarrely announced that his administration had “plans to build a railroad from the Pacific all the way across the Indian Ocean.” In his latest editorial, Reason Magazine's Joe Lancaster writes about a report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) which reveals that the intelligence agency may be paying for user data in an attempt to circumvent the 4th Amendment. You can read the article here: https://reason.com/2023/06/14/intelligence-services-evade-4th-amendment-by-paying-for-your-data/ According to a new report, “[s]cientists conducting research on novel coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology were the first humans to contract COVID-19.” You can read Allie Griffin's New York Post article here: https://nypost.com/2023/06/13/wuhan-scientists-were-the-first-to-contract-covid-19-report/

The Rich Zeoli Show- Hour 1: 3:05pm- According to a new report, “[s]cientists conducting research on novel coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology were the first humans to contract COVID-19.” You can read Allie Griffin's New York Post article here: https://nypost.com/2023/06/13/wuhan-scientists-were-the-first-to-contract-covid-19-report/ 3:10pm- Could Robert F. Kenney Jr. win the Iowa Caucus and New Hampshire Primary in 2024? According to a recent Axios report, the Democratic National Committee plans to change the 2024 primary schedule to place South Carolina—a Biden strong hold—as the first state in the primary cycle. However, Iowa and New Hampshire may not go along with the DNC's proposed changes—Biden's team has indicated they won't appear on either state's ballots in protest if they don't abide by the DNC's reordering. You can read the Axios report here: https://www.axios.com/2023/06/15/iowa-new-hampshire-biden-lose-2024-primaries-election 3:30pm- While speaking to the League of Conservation Voters on Wednesday night, President Joe Biden bizarrely announced that his administration had “plans to build a railroad from the Pacific all the way across the Indian Ocean.” 3:40pm- While appearing on Newsmax, Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) said if allegations that then-Vice President Joe Biden received money from a Ukrainian natural gas company in exchange for influence are true, he should be impeached and removed from office. 3:50pm- While testifying before Congress, professor at the Yale School of Medicine Dr. Meredithe McNamara was unable to name a single peer-reviewed journal that has indicated “gender affirming care” benefits young children. Despite being unable to provide any citation while being questioned by Rep. Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), McNamara has vociferously advocated on behalf of gender surgeries being made available to minors. 4:05pm- Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro spoke from I-95 in Philadelphia on Wednesday, vowing to get the road open as quickly as possible and revealing that construction teams are already ahead of schedule. On Sunday, a portion of I-95 collapsed after a truck carrying gasoline caught fire while under the interstate highway. 4:10pm- On Tuesday, following his federal indictment, Donald Trump spoke to supporters from Bedminster, New Jersey—but CNN host Jake Tapper said his network would not cover the former President's remarks because the speech was filled with “potentially dangerous” falsehoods. However, just moments before Tapper's proclamation, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was on CNN baselessly suggesting Trump may have sold access to classified documents. 4:30pm- On Wednesday, the House voted unsuccessfully to censure Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) for publicly making debunked claims that Donald Trump colluded with Russian officials during the 2016 election. In response to the attempted censure, Rep. Schiff said the “lunatics have taken over the asylum.” 4:35pm- During a House hearing on Tuesday, Congressman Kevin Kiley (R-CA) rhetorically asked Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra if masking two-year-old children helped end the COVID-19 pandemic. Sec. Becerra denied that his department forced children to wear masks. 4:40pm- Cancel culture comes for Philadelphia's Mütter Museum. The museum, which is managed by the College of Physicians of Philadelphia, has housed medical anomalies since 1858. 5:05pm- Dr. Wilfred Reilly—Professor of Political Science at Kentucky State University & Author of “Hate Crime Hoax: How the Left is Selling a Fake Race War”—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. DeAnna M. Burt revealing that she has in the past prioritized access to gender affirming care over qualifications when determining personnel job placement. Lt. Gen. Burt made the statement during a Department of Defense LGBTQ+ Pride event. You can read Dr. Reilly's latest National Review article, “The Truth About Redlining's History,” here: https://www.nationalreview.com/2023/06/the-truth-about-redlinings-history/ 5:35pm- Peachy Keenan—Senior Contributor of The Federalist & Contributing Editor of The American Mind—joins The Rich Zeoli Show to discuss her new book, “Domestic Extremist: A Practical Guide to Winning the Culture War.” When did soccer moms become domestic extremists? You can order Peachy's book here: https://www.amazon.com/Domestic-Extremist-Practical-Winning-Culture/dp/1684513529 5:45pm- Groundhog Death Conspiracy!? Former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio opens-up about how he accidentally dropped and killed a groundhog in 2014. There is far more to the story than we have ever heard before! 6:05pm- Thomas Catanacci of Fox News writes, “[a] A top federal watchdog agency is opening an investigation into the impacts of offshore wind along the New Jersey coastline amid calls for a moratorium on development and an uptick in marine wildlife deaths.” You can read the full article here: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/federal-watchdog-opens-investigation-offshore-wind-impacts-amid-whale-deaths 6:20pm- While speaking to the League of Conservation Voters on Wednesday night, President Joe Biden bizarrely announced that his administration had “plans to build a railroad from the Pacific all the way across the Indian Ocean.” 6:30pm- In his latest editorial, Reason Magazine's Joe Lancaster writes about a report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) which reveals that the intelligence agency may be paying for user data in an attempt to circumvent the 4th Amendment. You can read the article here: https://reason.com/2023/06/14/intelligence-services-evade-4th-amendment-by-paying-for-your-data/ 6:45pm- According to a new report, “[s]cientists conducting research on novel coronaviruses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology were the first humans to contract COVID-19.” You can read Allie Griffin's New York Post article here: https://nypost.com/2023/06/13/wuhan-scientists-were-the-first-to-contract-covid-19-report/

Valerie Rozman recently joined The Asia Group as Director of Research and Analytics and as a Principal, co-leading the Southeast Asia practice. She served in the U.S. government for nearly two decades, primarily in the intelligence community. She was inducted into the CIA's Senior Analytic Service and served in a number of senior Asia-focused positions, including as Deputy National Intelligence Manager at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and Deputy National Intelligence Officer for East Asia at ODNI. She has briefed numerous senior U.S. and foreign officials, including the U.S. President and U.S. and foreign Cabinet-level officials, on East Asia issues.

Over the years, recruitment and the creation of a healthy talent pipeline for national security jobs have become a concern. A changing landscape of challenges, including competition from the private sector, government shutdowns, shifts in educational priorities, and hiring freezes have complicated efforts to attract sufficient young talent with the right skillsets. In particular, the U.S. government faces significant gaps in cyber and IT talent. In recent years, there have been 16 times more federal employees in IT who are over 50 than under 30, leaving a looming talent cliff at a time when cyber and IT talent is more critical than ever. Join us for a discussion with Sherry Van Sloun, National Intelligence Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations and recently served as assistant director of national intelligence for human capital at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), and Brett Hunt, the Senior Director of Volcker Alliance's Next Generation Service Corps initiative, with over eighteen years of leadership experience in the public and private sectors, to look at how we build the national security workforce of the future and what steps we need to take now.Follow us at:Network2020.orgTwitter: @Network2020LinkedIn: Network 20/20Facebook: @network2020Instagram: @network_2020"Sunrise Expedition" by Joseph McDadeFollow us at:Network2020.orgTwitter: @Network2020LinkedIn: Network 20/20Facebook: @network2020Instagram: @network_2020

Carla D. Bass, a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel is responsible for managing vital communications between high-ranking government officials and Congress. She emphasizes the importance of effectively conveying one's story to make a meaningful impact.   SUMMARY   In this episode, Gene Moran talks with Carla Bass, a retired U.S. Air Force veteran who continues to serve in the national intelligence community. From a young age, Carla knew she wanted to follow in her father's footsteps and serve her country. After her retirement from active duty, Carla took a one-year break before joining the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI).   The ODNI is a senior-level agency that provides oversight to the Intelligence Community. It primarily employs subject-matter experts in various areas, including collection, analysis, acquisition, policy, human resources, and management.    Carla shares with us the importance of telling a story through a resume and why details matter when exploring post-military career options. She emphasizes the power of the written word and how it can influence outcomes. In fact, she wrote a book on the subject called "Write to Influence!"   Join us in this episode as Carla shares her insights and experiences about transitioning from military to a civilian career and how to use effective communication to achieve your goals. EPISODE HIGHLIGHTS 00:56 – 04:55 Carla's 30 years of active-duty service. 04:56 – 15:25 Preparing for transition. 15:26 – 19:07 Lessons learned and finding balance. YOUR MOVE   Most board members, CEOs and businesses owners don't understand the nuances of influence. They try to “strike deals” or assert hierarchical power. But the future belongs to the fast-thinkers, and to the people who know that influence is about accountability, innovation and leverage.   “Influence” is the power to shape policy or ensure favorable treatment from someone. Influence is reciprocal, the proverbial “win/win.”   Order your copy of Million Dollar Influence here.     Get all the resources from this episode at genemoran.com/e61   Learn more about Write To Influence! here.   Connect with Carla Bass on LinkedIn here.  

Swipe Up 223: Unfiltered Opinions on the News and Entertainment World from the Ray Taylor ShowShow topic: Welcome to Swipe Up, part of the Ray Taylor Show! In each episode, host Ray Taylor gives his honest and unfiltered opinions on the latest news, current events, entertainment updates, and other random posts he finds on Instagram. Join Ray every Thursday as he shares his thoughts and insights on a variety of topics and encourages listeners to join the conversation on social media using the hashtag #SwipeUpPodcast. Whether you're looking for a fresh perspective on the news or just want to be entertained, Swipe Up has something for everyone. Don't miss an episode - subscribe now! Story 1 (00:00:58): Alec Baldwin is facing a criminal trial for the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set of the film "Rust" in New Mexico. Prosecutors will determine whether Baldwin is responsible for Hutchins' death by evaluating whether he "should have known of the danger involved" when he pointed a loaded gun at Hutchins or "acted with a willful disregard for the safety of others." Under New Mexico's involuntary manslaughter laws, Baldwin could face up to five years in prison if a jury finds criminal negligence in his accidental firing of a vintage Colt revolver. Baldwin's attorney, Luke Nikas, claims that the actor "relied on the professionals with whom he worked, who assured him the gun did not have live rounds."Story 2 (00:19:08): Netflix, the Silicon Valley DVD rental company, has come a long way since its start as an ambitious startup with grandiose dreams of being "a global entertainment distribution company that provides a unique channel for film producers and studios." Today, the company's founder and former CEO, Reed Hastings, stepped down from his role, leaving behind a company that has less than 2% of the $8 billion video rental market. Despite the competition from Walmart and Blockbuster, Netflix has managed to double its customer base to 750,000 this year and projects profitability and a million customers in 2003. With its steady revenue stream, low-tech video-on-demand alternative and flexible subscription plans, Netflix is changing the way we rent movies.Story 3 (00:30:06): The US Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) has released a report detailing official sightings of Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAPs). The report states that UAP reporting is "increasing", and as of August 2022 there have been 510 UAP reports. The report mentions the establishment of the Department of Defense All-Domain Anomaly Resolution Office (AARO), which the US government hopes will aid in resolving UAP sightings. The report also detailed 144 UAP sightings that had been made by “reliable” sources, largely in the military, in the 17 years between 2004-2021, with a significant number of the phenomena in the report not being easily explained.Shout Out To: @LATimes@Wired @IGNDotCom JOIN Inspired Disorder +PLUS Today! InspiredDisorder.com/plus Membership Includes:Ray Taylor Show - Full Week Ad Free (Audio+Video)Live Painting ArchiveEarly Access to The Many FacesMember Only Discounts and DealsPodcast Back Catalogue (14 Shows - 618 Episodes)Ray Taylor's Personal BlogCreative WritingAsk Me AnythingDaily Podcast: Ray Taylor Show - InspiredDisorder.com/rts Daily Painting: The Many Faces - InspiredDisorder.com/tmf ALL links: InspiredDisorder.com/links

Army Mad Scientist interviewed the following world-class SMEs to explore how wargaming can enhance traditional training and education methods to help build better Leaders: Ian Sullivan serves as the Senior Advisor for Analysis and ISR to the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-2, at the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC G-2). This is a Tier One Defense Intelligence Senior Level (DISL) position. He is responsible for the analysis that defines and the narrative that explains the Army’s Operational Environment, which supports integration across doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, facilities, and policy. Mr. Sullivan is a career civilian intelligence officer who has served with the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI); Headquarters, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-2 (USAREUR G-2); and as an Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) cadre member at the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC). Prior to assuming his position at the TRADOC G-2, Mr. Sullivan led a joint NCTC Directorate of Intelligence/Central Intelligence Agency Counterterrorism Mission Center unit responsible for Weapons of Mass Destruction terrorism issues, where he provided direct intelligence support to the White House, senior policymakers, Congress, and other senior customers throughout the Government. He was promoted into the Senior Executive ranks in June 2013 as a member of the ODNI’s Senior National Intelligence Service, and transferred to the Army as a DISL employee in January 2017. Mr. Sullivan is also a frequent and valued contributor to the Mad Scientist Laboratory. Mitchell Land has spent time in both the Navy and the Army National Guard, and has a life-long love affair with gaming war. He is the designer of GMT’s Next War games. The series currently consists of five games (two of which are 2nd Editions) and three supplements, with more on the way. In addition, Mr. Land was the developer for GMT’s Silver Bayonet: The First Team in Vietnam (25th Anniversary Edition) and Caesar: Rome vs Gaul. When not playing or working on games, you can find him cycling — most often on the Katy Trail. LTC Peter Soendergaard is an Infantry officer in the Royal Danish Army. He has served in both Iraq and Afghanistan. For the last ten years, he has worked in various force development positions, from the Danish Army’s Maneuver Center of Excellence to the Army Staff. For the past four years, LTC Soendergaard has served as the Danish Army’s liaison officer to U.S. Army TRADOC. He is currently serving in the strategic development section of the Danish Defense Command. Jennifer McArdle is the Head of Research at Improbable U.S. Defense & National Security, a commercial start-up that is bringing innovative distributed simulation technology to defense. She also serves as an Adjunct Senior Fellow in the Center for a New American Security’s defense program and wargaming lab and as a Non-Resident Fellow at the Joint Special Operations University. A former professor, Ms. McArdle has

Shep Bostin is an Enterprise Architect for Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) working with Systems Integrators focused on the public sector. As an Enterprise Architect, Shep is responsible for designing technology solutions that support and align with customers' organizational missions, technology strategies, and IT processes. He has more than 30 years of IT experience in systems engineering, product management and marketing, and technical presales for hardware and software manufacturers. Shep holds a Bachelor of Science degree, with honors, in Information and Decision Systems from Carnegie Mellon University and is a graduate of Phillips Academy at Andover.Doug Wolfe is currently a Vice President and General Manager for Jacobs. He served as the CEO of BlackLynx from March 2018 until November 2021 when Jacobs acquired BlackLynx.  BlackLynx is an industry leader in delivering high performance computing and cloud infrastructure services to the government, and Wolfe is continuing to enhance and deliver mission-critical capabilities in his new position. A recognized federal government leader, Doug Wolfe served 33 years with the CIA, his last position being Deputy Director of the Science and Technology Directorate. He retired from federal service in December 2017. Wolfe served as Chief Information Officer (CIO) at the CIA from 2013 to 2016, in charge of Agency Information Technology (IT) vision and strategic direction, along with advising the Intelligence Community (IC).Throughout his career, Wolfe held multiple CIA positions, among them were Deputy Director for Acquisition, Technology, and Facilities at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI); Deputy Director of the Office of Global Access (OGA), and program manager overseeing the end-to-end system acquisition of an innovative new source and method for the Intelligence Community. Wolfe holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Southern California, and a master's degree in system engineering from Virginia Tech. 

Army Mad Scientist interviewed the following world-class SMEs to address what we’ve learned about How Russia Fights 2.0: Ian Sullivan serves as the Senior Advisor for Analysis and ISR to the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-2, at the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC G-2). This is a Tier One Defense Intelligence Senior Level (DISL) position. He is responsible for the analysis that defines and the narrative that explains the Army’s Operational Environment, which supports integration across doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, facilities, and policy. Mr. Sullivan is a career civilian intelligence officer who has served with the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI); Headquarters, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-2 (USAREUR G-2); and as an Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) cadre member at the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC). Prior to assuming his position at the TRADOC G-2, Mr. Sullivan led a joint NCTC Directorate of Intelligence /Central Intelligence Agency Counterterrorism Mission Center unit responsible for Weapons of Mass Destruction terrorism issues, where he provided direct intelligence support to the White House, senior policymakers, Congress, and other senior customers throughout the Government. He was promoted into the Senior Executive ranks in June 2013 as a member of the ODNI’s Senior National Intelligence Service, and transferred to the Army as a Defense Intelligence Senior Level employee in January 2017. Mr. Sullivan is also a frequent and valued contributor to the Mad Scientist Laboratory. Sam Bendett is an Adviser with CNA‘s Strategy, Policy, Plans and Programs Center (SP3), where he is a member of the Russia Studies Program. He is also an Adjunct Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security. His work involves research on Russian defense and technology developments, unmanned and autonomous military systems and artificial intelligence, as well as Russian military capabilities and decision-making during crises. He is a Member of CNA’s Center for Autonomy and Artificial Intelligence, and a proclaimed Mad Scientist, having contributed multiple insightful blog posts to the Mad Scientist Laboratory addressing Russian autonomous weapons and presented informative topics during a number of Army Mad Scientist webinars and conferences. He is also a Russian military autonomy and AI SME for the DoD’s Defense Systems Information Analysis Center. Katerina Sedova currently serves at the Global Engagement Center in the U.S. Department of State. Formerly a Research Fellow at the Georgetown University’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology, Ms. Sedova helps coordinate efforts at the GEC’s Russia Division to analyze, expose, and counter Russia&rsq

Dr. Hans C. Mumm, recipient of one of the “Ten Outstanding Young American Award”, “American Patriot Ingenuity Award,” a senior Intelligence Officer/Cybersecurity professional with over 27 years of progressively challenging positions within the advanced (emerging and disruptive) technology fields and information technology arenas at National Intelligence (ODNI) the National Security Council (NSC), and the Central […] The post The Rise Of Autonomous Weapons Systems appeared first on Risk Group.

On this week's episode of the Iron Butterfly, we are thrilled to welcome Stephanie La Rue, Esq. to the podcast. Stephanie is the chief of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) where she brings her passion for DEI strategy to the IC. Stephanie also represents the IC in several White House initiatives that pursue educational equity, excellence, and economic opportunity in underrepresented communities. She also founded the Latino Intelligence Network, a collective of Latinx research groups across the IC. Stephanie serves as the CIA's Hispanic Advisory Council Chair, and is the recipient of IC EEO and Diversity Award for Exceptional Service and CIA's Donald Cryer Award for exemplary contributions to the agency mission. We are proud to have her on the podcast and share her truly amazing story. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this week's episode of the Iron Butterfly podcast, we are thrilled to welcome our friend, Janaki Kates. Janaki is a national security consultant with nearly two decades of government experience and is passionate about expanding missions and growing diverse workforces. She began her career at the CIA as an analyst focusing on foreign space programs. She then went on to focus on foreign weapon systems, counterproliferation, and counterintelligence. Janaki has served at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), the Department of State, and the National Security Council. Most recently, she served as the Director of Government Affairs for the Intelligence Program at Northrop Grumman. Janaki shares her story with the common theme of taking life by the reins as a professional, wife, mom, friend, and mentor. She is tough yet unafraid to share a laugh. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Security clearance policies don't change often - that's why even clarifications from the government on gray areas are significant. In December the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) issued clarifying guidance on the security clearance process and marijuana topics, including drug use, CBD products, and marijuana investments. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Russia is a formidable adversary that is currently undergoing transformative modernization. Its combat proficient force has inculcated lessons learned from recent combat operations in Syria, Crimea, and eastern Ukraine; selectively invested in niche capabilities (e.g., autonomy, robotics, and artificial intelligence) to add precision strike to its already formidable fires, enhance decision making, augment combined arms formations and logistics support, and safeguard its Soldiers; and professionalized to a more balanced ratio of contract to conscript Soldiers. A master of information confrontation, Russia employs cyber, information operations, and disinformation to offset any conventional force asymmetries. Above all, Russia remains a persistent, vice a declining power! Army Mad Scientist interviewed the following four world-class SMEs about our near peer threat to learn How Russia Fights: Ian Sullivan serves as the Senior Advisor for Analysis and ISR to the Deputy Chief of Staff, G-2, at the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC G2). This is a Tier One Defense Intelligence Senior Level (DISL) position. He is responsible for the analysis that defines and the narrative that explains the Army’s Operational Environment, which supports integration across doctrine, organization, training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel, facilities, and policy. Mr. Sullivan is a career civilian intelligence officer, who has served with the Office of Naval Intelligence (ONI); Headquarters, U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army, Deputy Chief of Staff, G-2 (USAREUR G2); and as an Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) cadre member at the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC). Prior to assuming his position at the TRADOC G2, Mr. Sullivan led a joint NCTC Directorate of Intelligence (DI)/Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Counterterrorism Mission Center (CTMC) unit responsible for WMD terrorism issues, where he provided direct intelligence support to the White House, senior policymakers, Congress, and other senior customers throughout the Government. He was promoted into the Senior Executive ranks in June 2013 as a member of the ODNI’s Senior National Intelligence Service, and transferred to the Army as a DISL in January, 2017. Mr. Sullivan is also a frequent and valued contributor to the Mad Scientist Laboratory. Katerina Sedova is a Research Fellow at Georgetown’s Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), where she works on the CyberAI Project. Most recently, she advised SEN Maggie Hassan o

In this fascinating part II episode, Shelby Pierson - the Election Threats Executive for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) - discusses the threats to America's elections and the actions taken by the Intelligence Community (IC) to assess, warn, and counter those threats. Mrs. Pierson, who is considered the first "U.S. Election Security Czar," participates in an extended Q&A. Recorded 21 May 2021.  Interviewer: James Bruce PhD, AFIO board member and former CIA Senior Analyst. Host: James Hughes, AFIO President and former CIA Operations Officer. 

Michael E. Ginsberg is an attorney in Washington, DC practicing in the field of national security law. He spent a decade in private practice at Arnold & Porter LLP in Washington, DC and then worked several years in the U.S. government as a Senior Associate General Counsel in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), where he served as legal counsel for the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA). He currently is Vice President and Deputy General Counsel at a Virginia-based defense contractor.Ginsberg has also served in senior leadership positions in the Republican Party of Virginia and is the co-founder of the Suburban Virginia Republican Coalition.A 1997 graduate of Harvard College and 2002 graduate of Harvard Law School, he also holds a master's in aeronautics and astronautics from Stanford University (1999). A native of Baltimore, Maryland, Ginsberg lives in Virginia with his wife and two children.Related ShowsEP Guest Links Website: www.michaeleginsberg.comDEBT BOMB bookhttps://amzn.to/3zee1PSCivil Defense Radio Information Website: https://www.civildefenseradio.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CivilDefenseRadio Telegram: Civil Defense Radio ChannelMeWe: Civil Defense RadioResources DEBT BOMB bookhttps://amzn.to/3zee1PSLink to Cointelegraph.com article mentioned in introhttps://cointelegraph.com/news/tokenized-real-estate-market-could-hit-1-4t-despite-a-slow-start-report-claimsGlobal Partnershttps://prestonschleinkofer.vcardinfo.com/GSTelecom is a blockchain secure email. text, and chat app powered by G999 digital tokensThis video is a short intro to this service: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vRtRvjiVZVcGSTelecom Apps (Remember, these apps literally run on the blockchain, and you must have G999 crypto tokens to pay for use. You may purchase the coins from a number of exchanges, or through the Global Partners link above.)Android:https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=block.chain.chatiPhone:https://apps.apple.com/tt/app/gstelecom-by-g999-blockchain/id1547577247NOTE: Civil Defense Radio is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com. This site also participates in other affiliate programs and is compensated for referring traffic and business to these companies

Background: Last month the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released a preliminary report on possible threats posed by UFO's now known as unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) and the progress the Department of Defense Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF) has made in understanding any threats.   The report provided an overview for policymakers of the challenges associated with characterizing the potential threat posed by UAP while also providing a means to develop relevant processes, policies, technologies, and training for the U.S. military and other U.S. Government (USG) personnel when they encounter UAP, to enhance the Intelligence Community's (IC) ability to understand the threat.   After four years of collecting data, the first scientifically authenticated documentation of UAP's was released by the Genesis 2 Project (G2P) and Primeau Forensics in 2020 which included images captured with infrared technology.  The methodological standards meet the criteria established by the Scientific Working Group for Digital Evidence and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.  G2P's mission is to pursue empirical investigations of forensically validated UAP recordings and open legitimate questioning into the implications of such technologies on our national security.   More About Dr. JC van Velkinburgh: Dr. JC van Velkinburgh earned a Ph.D. in Molecular Physiology & Biophysics from Vanderbilt University and carried out her post-doctoral research at the Los Alamos National Laboratories under “Q” (Top Secret; TS-Q) federal security clearance. Her medical-science research career has yielded 38 publications of original research articles and review articles in the most prestigious and competitive peer-reviewed journals in the world (i.e., Nature and the Science family of journals; < 7-8% rate of acceptance for publication). She teaches on ethics in science communication and publication, largely in the legal realm of civil litigation. More About Debra LaPrevotte: Debra LaPrevotte is a 20-year veteran of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). There, Debra held a TS-Q level security clearance. She is a Forensic Scientist, spending years on the FBI's Evidence Response Team in the field and on the Evidence Response Team Unit at the FBI Lab. She also served as a Supervisory Special Agent on the International Corruption Unit at FBI Headquarters and was instrumental in initiating the FBI's Kleptocracy program. Debra has since spent the past 23 years working international corruption investigations.

Background: Last month the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) released a preliminary report on possible threats posed by UFO's now known as unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP) and the progress the Department of Defense Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Task Force (UAPTF) has made in understanding any threats.   The report provided an overview for policymakers of the challenges associated with characterizing the potential threat posed by UAP while also providing a means to develop relevant processes, policies, technologies, and training for the U.S. military and other U.S. Government (USG) personnel when they encounter UAP, to enhance the Intelligence Community's (IC) ability to understand the threat.   After four years of collecting data, the first scientifically authenticated documentation of UAP's was released by the Genesis 2 Project (G2P) and Primeau Forensics in 2020 which included images captured with infrared technology.  The methodological standards meet the criteria established by the Scientific Working Group for Digital Evidence and the National Institute of Standards and Technology.  G2P's mission is to pursue empirical investigations of forensically validated UAP recordings and open legitimate questioning into the implications of such technologies on our national security.   More About Dr. JC van Velkinburgh: Dr. JC van Velkinburgh earned a Ph.D. in Molecular Physiology & Biophysics from Vanderbilt University and carried out her post-doctoral research at the Los Alamos National Laboratories under “Q” (Top Secret; TS-Q) federal security clearance. Her medical-science research career has yielded 38 publications of original research articles and review articles in the most prestigious and competitive peer-reviewed journals in the world (i.e., Nature and the Science family of journals; < 7-8% rate of acceptance for publication). She teaches on ethics in science communication and publication, largely in the legal realm of civil litigation. More About Debra LaPrevotte: Debra LaPrevotte is a 20-year veteran of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). There, Debra held a TS-Q level security clearance. She is a Forensic Scientist, spending years on the FBI's Evidence Response Team in the field and on the Evidence Response Team Unit at the FBI Lab. She also served as a Supervisory Special Agent on the International Corruption Unit at FBI Headquarters and was instrumental in initiating the FBI's Kleptocracy program. Debra has since spent the past 23 years working international corruption investigations.

In this timely episode, Shelby Pierson - the Election Threats Executive for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) - discusses the threats to America's elections and the actions taken by the Intelligence Community (IC) to assess, warn, and counter those threats. Mrs. Pierson, who is considered the first "U.S. Election Security Czar," also highlights the IC's efforts to bolster public confidence in fair elections and support the peaceful transfer of power. Recorded 15 Oct 2020.  Interviewer: James Bruce PhD, AFIO board member and former CIA Senior Analyst. Host: James Hughes, AFIO President and former CIA Operations Officer. 

Earlier this week, a whistleblower made some tough accusations against the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), saying officials there purposefully downplayed certain threats in briefing President Donald Trump — not giving him all of the real intelligence about Russian meddling in US domestic affairs and the national security threat posed by white supremacists. Related: Russian bounty allegations: What did Trump admin know and when?This alleged dysfunction harkens back to another time, before the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. The FBI and CIA had known for years that al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden presented a serious threat to US security. We now know that rivalries and silo-ing of crucial intel within different agencies stymied efforts to prevent the deadliest attack ever on American soil. Related: Remembering how America experienced 9/11So has anything significant changed, 19 years on, within the US intelligence community? The World host Marco Werman spoke with Garrett Graff, author of "The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11."Related: An American who interrogated al-Qaeda suspects says it's about talk — not torture Marco Werman: Could the 9/11 attacks have been prevented if our national security agencies were working as they should be, cooperatively?Yes. The short answer is the 9/11 plot had opportunities for the US to disrupt it. You know, part of that, though, is I think we misunderstand what disrupting the 9/11 plot would have likely looked like. You know that the CIA, for instance, knew that two of the would-be 9/11 hijackers were inside the United States in the summer of 2001 and did not tell the FBI. So it's possible that had that information been passed correctly, agency to agency, the plot might have been disrupted without us ever understanding what the plot was that people were heading toward.Former security officials have confirmed that the dysfunction in the US security apparatus was very apparent leading up to those attacks. Now, in the face of new threats like those from Russia, what do you make of the whistleblower's charge that DHS was both failing to brief Trump on threats and actually concocting threats that intelligence did not see? What was your gut reaction when you heard that?I mean, this is all very troubling, in part because the two agencies, the two organizations that were specifically created in the wake of 9/11 to prevent the next 9/11 are the Department of Homeland Security and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). [They are] two organizations meant specifically to pull together pieces of the government's security apparatus into a more coherent and understandable picture. Donald Trump's actions, in a number of different ways, though, have hobbled and broken both of those organizations.So if you put aside the chaos that Trump sows — that seems to be part of his MO — what has been the net change 19 years after 9/11, when it comes to the interoperability between US intelligence agencies? Is there still dysfunction?Much less [dysfunction] than there was before. And some of that is because there have been legal changes to the authorities and information sharing that were specifically prohibited pre-9/11. And also, there is just a much more regular rhythm of these agencies working together. And so, you have organizations that are part of ODNI that have the FBI and CIA literally sitting together in the same room, talking every day about what they are seeing in the counterterrorism arena. And so there's better muscle memory now, under normal circumstances, than there was before 9/11. Whether that information is making it to the right leaders, and whether leaders are acting on it — that's a separate problem in the Trump administration.How do we improve things? And is it a personnel issue? Is it a leadership issue? Or do you think dysfunction may be rooted more deeply than all of that?The dysfunction is rooted in the dysfunction and the chaos of the presidency and this White House. I think what you need to have are permanent Senate-confirmed leaders atop these organizations who have some semblance that they're actually going to be in charge of these organizations for a period of time. You know, the ability to pick their staffs, pick their leaders and get people into these key roles.So, those are kind of the nuts and bolts of national security. You also wrote today about another kind of security threat: conspiracy theorists. Tell us more.You know, this 19th anniversary of 9/11 gives us an opportunity to look back at the legacy of those attacks. And one of the things that I think really stands out in 2020 is the role of the 9/11 Truth movement — all of the conspiracy theories around the US government's role in 9/11. [They] have proved so lasting and persistent, even as a fringe movement, 19 years later. And as we see an increasing strain of our politics today being driven by the conspiracy theorists of QAnon on the Republican side, that should be really worrisome to us. We have already seen with 9/11 how persistent these conspiracy theories can be — not just as a fringe movement. Now in 2020, the QAnon conspiracy theories are actually being believed now by a majority of Republican voters and are being embraced by the president at the White House. And we are actually beginning to see members of Congress embrace them. One of the things that the dysfunction in places like DHS and ODNI is doing is giving room and oxygen for conspiracy theories like QAnon to grow in the Republican body politic. And the embrace by the president of conspiracy theories — even as he rejects or downgrades the actual intelligence that he is receiving from the US intelligence community — is really troubling about what the president is acting upon on a given day.This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.  

Why do stories matter to the innovation process? What values can be instilled in innovators who share stories? How do innovation leaders inspire creators to tell and share their success and failure stories? We speak with Katherine Tobin, Director of Lateral Innovation at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). Two years ago, Katherine worked with the Central Intelligence Agency, but when she heard that the ODNI was planning to create a new Office of Transformation and Innovation, she knew she had to be a part of it. Now she leads the Intelligence community’s work on lateral innovation, where they accelerate the pace of innovation by connecting innovators and innovative practices across the Intelligence Agency. For more information about Katherine Tobin’s innovation work within the Intelligence community, read Katherine’s interview on Intelligence.gov, and check out her team’s Innovation Storycraft Workbook and Innovation Stories Mural. To learn more about the Intelligence community in general, check out intelligence.gov. For more on the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, explore dni.gov. For more information, visit our website: https://untoldcontent.com/ You can also find us on Instagram: @untoldcontent

This week’s guest was Katie Tobin, the Director of Lateral Innovation at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). We asked her about her background, how she got into the IC, and how it all works.

This conversation centers around Bitcoin - its past, present and future. Cedric Dahl's 1000x group (https://1000x.group/) , which describes itself as a 'private think tank' focused on finding black swans (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_swan_theory) in the world of open and distributed protocols, has a thesis that Bitcoin is on the verge of 'superdominance' in which its value could multiply by a thousand or more from where it is right now. We discuss various evidence for this, from Bitcoin's increasing dominance as the key currency of the darknet, to a surge in coin-mixing on the Wasabi network (https://www.coindesk.com/leadership-shakeup-at-wasabi-wallet-as-bitcoin-business-surges) and the possibility that asymmetrically disadvantaged nation states may be hoarding Bitcoin in order to tip the balance of power in their favour should a 'hyper-bitcoinization (https://nakamotoinstitute.org/mempool/hyperbitcoinization/) ' scenario arise. Find out just when Cedric thinks the tipping point for that event might occur, and why the US Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) is serious enough about this kind of 'black swan' bitcoin situation to to be sponsoring a study (https://www.zintellect.com/Opportunity/Details/ICPD-2020-02) on just what the world would look like if the U.S. dollar lost its status as the world’s reserve currency. 

November 15, 2019 - North Korea has warned that it will pursue a so-called “new path” if substantive progress isn't made in negotiations with the United States by the end of the year. But what's behind this deadline, and what should we expect in the coming months? To find out, Korea Society Policy Director Jonathan Corrado sits down with two experienced analysts for insights on timelines, sequencing, and the art of diplomacy. Dr. Jung Pak is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution Center for East Asia Policy Studies. She previously held senior positions at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). Annika Betancourt is a visiting fellow at Brookings and has experience with diverse aspects of the North Korea portfolio, including human rights, humanitarian aid and diplomacy from her time with the U.S. State Department.

It's Friday, so that means it's panel time. Democratic presidential candidates are traversing Iowa this week with lively summer bus tours, stopping with their families at the Iowa State Fair and eating fried butter and fried Oreos, and speaking at the Des Moines Register Political Soapbox and the annual Democratic Wing Ding fundraiser. So, right now Real Clear Politics has Joe Biden up by nine points over Elizabeth Warren, followed by Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders and Pete Buttigieg. Is there any sense of momentum on the ground that either confirms these numbers or provides a different perspective? Have the shootings in Gilroy, California; El Paso, Texas; and Dayton, Ohio, changed the focus of discussion for these candidates?The man accused of carrying out last weekend's deadly mass shooting at a Walmart in the Texas border city of El Paso confessed to officers while he was surrendering and later explained that he had been targeting Mexicans, authorities say. The death toll is 22. Just hours after that attack, another man wielding a powerful firearm unleashed more horror, this time at a strip of bars and restaurants in Dayton, Ohio. Police said that in about 30 seconds, the shooter killed nine people and injured 27 more. Police in Dayton are still trying to determine his motive. On July 28, three people were killed, including two children, and 12 others wounded in a shooting at the Gilroy Garlic Festival in Northern California. Santino William Legan, 19, was the shooter. In April, 19-year-old John Earnest opened fire at the Poway synagogue in San Diego, California, killing one person and injuring three others. Last October, 46-year-old Robert Gregory Bowers opened fire at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, killing 11 people and injuring six others.The deputy director of national intelligence is resigning. Sue Gordon is leaving a vacuum at the top of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), resigning at the same time as her boss, DNI Dan Coats, who announced his resignation last month. Gordon spent more than 25 years at the CIA before becoming the second-in-command at the ODNI. US President Donald Trump praised her as a great professional in a tweet. She and Coats are leaving on August 15. But did Trump push her out? What's going on here?US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents rounded up nearly 700 suspected undocumented immigrants Wednesday in what's being called the biggest single-state immigration raid in US history. Agents who raided food processing plants in six Mississippi cities took 680 people into custody. The acting director of ICE says they'll go before an immigration judge to see if they should be allowed to stay in the US. The Southern Poverty Law Center says children had their parents ripped away from them parents during the first week of school. Chokwe Antar Lumumba, the mayor of Jackson, Mississippi, called the raids "dehumanizing and ineffective" and is asking churches in the city to become immigrant sanctuaries. Trump is still insisting that Americans are not paying for the steep tariffs he has imposed on China. Economists and trade analysts say otherwise. Talking at the White House, Trump again expressed optimism about striking a deal with China to end the ongoing trade war with the US. More meetings between negotiators are expected next month. Trump said the US has been "hurt by China" for decades. What's the truth?GUESTS: Bob Schlehuber — Producer for By Any Means Necessary and Sputnik news analyst. Dr. Jack Rasmus — Professor of economics at Saint Mary's College of California and author of "Central Bankers at the End of Their Ropes: Monetary Policy and the Coming Depression."Jim Kavanagh — Political analyst and commentator and editor of The Polemicist.Caleb Maupin — Journalist and political analyst who focuses his coverage on US foreign policy and the global system of monopoly capitalism and imperialism.

In this episode of Intelligence Matters, host Michael Morell speaks with Michael Allen, a former majority staff director for the House Intelligence Committee and senior director at the National Security Council under former president George W. Bush, about the provenance and purpose of the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). Allen, who wrote a book documenting the office's post-9/11 stand-up, discusses how it came into being and the ways in which it coordinates activities and priorities across the 17-agency intelligence community. Allen also weighs in on the requisite qualities for a new DNI as the Trump administration continues its search for a replacement for Dan Coats.

The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ) obtained records that show that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), under Director James Clapper, was eager and actively pushing to get its new procedures in place increasing access to raw signal intelligence before the conclusion of the Obama Administration and before President Trump took office.

Dr.Ford’s bio is impressive. He’s the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition (IHMC), a not-for-profit research institute providing a “new model for interdisciplinary research”. In addition to... a PhD in Computer Science an honorary doctorate from the University of Bordeaux in France he served as the Associate Center Director and Director of NASA’s Center of Excellence in Information Technology he was picked by George Bush and confirmed by the US Senate to serve on the National Science Board (NSB), which is part of the National Science Foundation (NSF) that advises the President and Congress on policy issues he was Chair of the NASA Advisory Council until 2011 and was awarded NASA’s highest honor, their Distinguished Public Service Medal he also supports the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) as a member of the Advanced Technology Board (ATB) Check out the episode on breakNutrition: https://breaknutrition.com/episode-41-dr-ken-ford-on-ai-ketosis-evolution-and-better-science/

Meet Kenneth Ford, an incredibly well-read, highly accomplished and fascinating man with such an enormous Kenneth Ford is Founder and Chief Executive Officer of the Florida Institute for Human & Machine Cognition (IHMC) — a not-for-profit research institute located in Pensacola, Florida. IHMC has grown into one of the nation’s premier research organizations with world-class scientists and engineers investigating a broad range of topics related to building technological systems aimed at amplifying and extending human cognition, perception, locomotion and resilience. Richard Florida has described IHMC as “a new model for interdisciplinary research institutes that strive to be both entrepreneurial and academic, firmly grounded and inspiringly ambitious.” IHMC headquarters are in Pensacola with a branch research facility in Ocala, Florida. In 2004 Florida Trend Magazine named Dr. Ford one of Florida’s four most influential citizens working in academia. Dr. Ford is the author of hundreds of scientific papers and six books. Dr. Ford’s research interests include: artificial intelligence, cognitive science, human-centered computing, and entrepreneurship in government and academia. Dr. Ford received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Tulane University. He is Emeritus Editor-in-Chief of AAAI/MIT Press and has been involved in the editing of several journals. Ford is a Fellow of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), a charter Fellow of the National Academy of Inventors, a member of the Association for Computing Machinery, a member of the IEEE Computer Society, and a member of the National Association of Scholars. Ford has received many awards and honors including the Doctor Honoris Causas from the University of Bordeaux in 2005 and the 2008 Robert S. Englemore Memorial Award for his work in artificial intelligence (AI). In 2012 Tulane University named Ford its Outstanding Alumnus in the School of Science and Engineering. In 2015, the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence named Dr. Ford the recipient of the 2015 Distinguished Service Award. Also in 2015, Dr. Ford was elected as Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). In January 1997, Dr. Ford was asked by NASA to develop and direct its new Center of Excellence in Information Technology at the Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley. He served as Associate Center Director and Director of NASA’s Center of Excellence in Information Technology. In July 1999, Dr. Ford was awarded the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal. That same year, Ford returned to private life and to the IHMC. In October of 2002, President George W. Bush nominated Dr. Ford to serve on the National Science Board (NSB) and the United States Senate confirmed his nomination in March of 2003. The NSB is the governing board of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and plays an important role in advising the President and Congress on science policy issues. In 2005, Dr. Ford was appointed and sworn in as a member of the Air Force Science Advisory Board. In 2007, he became a member of the NASA Advisory Council and on October 16, 2008, Dr. Ford was named as Chairman – a capacity in which he served until October 2011. In August 2010, Dr. Ford was awarded NASA’s Distinguished Public Service Medal – the highest honor the agency confers. In February of 2012, Dr. Ford was named to a two-year term on the Defense Science Board (DSB) and in 2013, he became a member of the Advanced Technology Board (ATB) which supports the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI). Also, on November 6th I will be inducted into the Florida Inventor’s Hall of Fame bringing the total to 28 members including the likes of Thomas Edison, Henry Ford and other luminaries.  Interestingly, 4 of the 28 members are associated with IHMC. During our discussion, you'll discover: -How Ken is developing an exoskeleton for human performance...[9:17] -What Ken thinks about the idea that artificial intelligence robots start going down the street and killing people...[14:30 & 17:10] -How Ken became involved with the ketogenic diet and exogenous ketones, even before ketosis became the latest sexy diet trend...[19:25] -The amazing research is currently doing on exogenous ketones, including avoidance of age-related loss of muscle mass and function) and anabolic resistance...[22:10] -How ketones can lower blood sugar even if you still consume glucose...[36:05] -Ken's best exercise biohacks and moves including, hierarchical sets, blood flow restriction training, and kettlebell bottoms-up training...[41:00 & 52:20] -Why maintaining your grip strength is one of the most important things you can do...[55:30] -What Ken has found about maintaining and building muscle by studying muscle loss in space...[58:50] -The vibration training platform you can "take on a plane"...[63:45] -Ken's thoughts on exercise "mimetic" supplements like acetyl-l-carnitine and SARMS...[66:15] -Ken's research-based approach to cardiovascular training...[71:40] -And much more! Resources from this episode: - - - - (IHMC is 15% discount code) - - - - - - (pdf download) - (pdf download) Show Sponsors:  -Human Charger - Go to and use the code BEN20 for 20% off. -Molekule - Go to and enter promo code BEN for $75 off your order! -Thrive Market - Go to  to get $60 of free organic groceries now! Do you have questions, thoughts or feedback for Ken or me? Leave your comments at and one of us will reply!

During the presidential campaign, there were calls for changes to the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), a federal agency created in response to the events of 9/11 to ensure that the seventeen organizations that make up the intelligence community act in a coordinated fashion. Following President Trump’s inauguration, former Senator Dan Coats was appointed as the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). There has also been significant media coverage around the relationship between the intelligence community and the President. During this Teleforum, we were joined by intelligence experts to discuss the relationship between the President and the intelligence community, whether the ODNI is in need of reform, and the top priorities of DNI Coats. -- Featuring: Benjamin Powell, Partner, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP and David Shedd, Advisory Board Member, Beacon Global Strategies LLC. Moderator: Matthew R. A. Heiman, Vice President, Corporate Secretary & Associate General Counsel, Johnson Controls.