https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/08/opinion/chelsea-manning.html
"It is not possible to work in intelligence and not imagine disclosing the many
secrets you bear.
I can’t pinpoint exactly when the idea first crossed my mind. Maybe it was in
2008, when I was learning to be an intelligence analyst in the U.S. Army and
was exposed to sensitive information for the first time. Or maybe the germ of
the idea was planted when I was stationed at Fort Drum, in upstate New York. I
was tasked with transporting a cache of classified hard drives in a large box
in the summer heat, and I began to imagine what might happen if I screwed it up
and left the box unattended. If someone managed to get ahold of a stray hard
drive, what ripple effects might it cause?
I knew the official version of why these secrets had to be kept secret. We were
protecting sources. We were protecting troop movements. We were protecting
national security. Those things made sense. But it also seemed, to me, that we
were protecting ourselves.
While I felt that my job was important, and I took my obligations seriously, a
part of me always wondered: If we were acting ethically, why were we keeping so
many secrets?"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
