If future of the world depends on the USA, why doesn’t the rest of the world act like they appreciate what we do? Makes the rest of the world look like pathetic leaches.
These little minded ba$tards need to be spanked just like a parent would discipline a child, because that’s what they are are children. If military leaders are buying into this, then it is time we show them all the door. They will be totally worthless in a conflict.
My experience is from the last century in the Pentagon basement. SCIFs are expensive to begin with. The walls and ceiling had to be lead-lined to stop electromagnetic emissions. Once upon a time spooks could sit outside an office and figure out what was being typed on an electric typewriter. There’s a wonderful book entitled, “Tradecraft” which tells many of the things done by our Agencies during the cold war. Most folks are aware you can hear what is being said in a room with windows by the vibration of the window glass. Once upon a time there were two old Soviet statesmen who sat under the same tree in a park behind a fence every day for lunch. The Agency designed a bullet with a transmitter inside with tiny antennae and they fired it into the bark of the tree. Turns out the bark was too rough to pickup the vibration of their discussion.
I’ve listened to the pilot talking to controller. It’s either a male or a female with a very very deep voice. You can listen too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOYiQG43v64
“They have been able to get away with this for so long because almost everyone in elected office in DC is either getting paid, just like the media orgs, or they are scared to raise the ire of USAID.”
Third reason: The Agency has dirt (leverage) on virtually every politician in Washington.