Dick Clarke
@racinrapp.bsky.social
CEO of Good Harbor Security Risk Management.
Former counterterrorism czar under Presidents Clinton and Bush. First national “cyber czar” Author of "Warnings" and co-author of "The Fifth Domain" and "Cyber War."
Former counterterrorism czar under Presidents Clinton and Bush. First national “cyber czar” Author of "Warnings" and co-author of "The Fifth Domain" and "Cyber War."
State Dept. Layoffs Hit Russia and Ukraine Analysts
foolishness
foolishness
State Dept. Layoffs Hit Russia and Ukraine Analysts
www.nytimes.com
July 16, 2025 at 1:30 PM
State Dept. Layoffs Hit Russia and Ukraine Analysts
foolishness
foolishness
please watch this
it will give you hope
we can fight back
and we will win
it will give you hope
we can fight back
and we will win
Silent Service
YouTube video by James Osyf
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July 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
please watch this
it will give you hope
we can fight back
and we will win
it will give you hope
we can fight back
and we will win
my great friend James Osyf launched his Congressional campaign today and what a great story he has. Watch the video at jamesosyf.com
July 10, 2025 at 5:40 PM
my great friend James Osyf launched his Congressional campaign today and what a great story he has. Watch the video at jamesosyf.com
Then let us pray that come it may,
(As come it will for a’ that,)
That Sense and Worth, o’er a’ the earth,
Shall bear the gree, an’ a’ that.
For a’ that, an’ a’ that,
It’s coming yet for a’ that,
That Man to Man, the world o’er,
Shall brothers be for a’ that.
January 25, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Then let us pray that come it may,
(As come it will for a’ that,)
That Sense and Worth, o’er a’ the earth,
Shall bear the gree, an’ a’ that.
For a’ that, an’ a’ that,
It’s coming yet for a’ that,
That Man to Man, the world o’er,
Shall brothers be for a’ that.
My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here;
My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer;
A-chasing the wild-deer, and followingthe roe,
My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go.
January 25, 2025 at 9:53 PM
My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here;
My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer;
A-chasing the wild-deer, and followingthe roe,
My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go.
Its Robbie Burns Night
January 25, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Its Robbie Burns Night
I recently spoke with Michael Smerconish on CNN about the national security considerations of a TikTok ban. I discussed the hypocrisy of Congress targeting TikTok while neglecting regulations to secure phone companies, and raised concerns about data collection and covert manipulation of news.
Hypocritical for Congress to go after Tik Tok | CNN
Richard Clarke, the nation’s first Cyber Czar and a former White House Counterterrorism Coordinator, explains the irony from Capitol Hill on banning Tik Tok when lawmakers allow Chinese entities to ac...
www.cnn.com
January 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
I recently spoke with Michael Smerconish on CNN about the national security considerations of a TikTok ban. I discussed the hypocrisy of Congress targeting TikTok while neglecting regulations to secure phone companies, and raised concerns about data collection and covert manipulation of news.
It’s alarming that Speaker Johnson is letting the GOP’s isolationist wing cashier one of his best committee chairs.
January 17, 2025 at 3:35 AM
It’s alarming that Speaker Johnson is letting the GOP’s isolationist wing cashier one of his best committee chairs.
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Meta's Mark Zuckerberg has joined Elon Musk in allowing disinformation to flourish on his platforms in order to gain Donald Trump's favor. It’s about to get very ugly on Facebook.
Royally Zucked
What Zuckerberg's capitulation means for the truth and our democracy
thinkbigpicture.substack.com
January 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Meta's Mark Zuckerberg has joined Elon Musk in allowing disinformation to flourish on his platforms in order to gain Donald Trump's favor. It’s about to get very ugly on Facebook.
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Hegseth’s snarly dismissal of JAGs as people who place their promotions above our warfighters is really disgusting.
January 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Hegseth’s snarly dismissal of JAGs as people who place their promotions above our warfighters is really disgusting.
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Ideal gift for anyone in nukes, the defense biz or any sort of consultant: my novel A CAPITAL CALAMITY, which has been likened to Dr Strangelove, Catch-22, Veep, Thank You for Smoking. “A joyful romp…brilliant and irresistible,”’says Joe Weisberg, creator of The Americans.
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December 17, 2024 at 2:42 PM
Ideal gift for anyone in nukes, the defense biz or any sort of consultant: my novel A CAPITAL CALAMITY, which has been likened to Dr Strangelove, Catch-22, Veep, Thank You for Smoking. “A joyful romp…brilliant and irresistible,”’says Joe Weisberg, creator of The Americans.
#NukeSky
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#NukeSky
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Dan Byman sat down with Charles Lister to explain what is going on in Syria, who the major players are, and more on today's @lawfare.bsky.social Daily. Watch their conversation here:
Lawfare Daily: The Return of the Syrian Civil War
YouTube video by Lawfare
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December 3, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Dan Byman sat down with Charles Lister to explain what is going on in Syria, who the major players are, and more on today's @lawfare.bsky.social Daily. Watch their conversation here:
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Armagnac: the secret bargain of the spirit world
Armagnac: the secret bargain of the spirit world
Armagnac, cognac’s less-celebrated cousin, boasts big, irresistible, fruity flavours, and gives you much more bang for your buck
The seemingly staid world of armagnac was well and truly disrupted earlier this year by the arrival of a brand called…
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2024 at 2:13 PM
Armagnac: the secret bargain of the spirit world
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@MiddleEastEye: Charles Lister, senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, says the explosion of hundreds of pagers commonly used by Hezbollah was an attack that “would seem to suggest that Israel was either baiting Hezbollah into forcing the issue, or into starting it itself”. https://t.co/bwYMKJ9
September 18, 2024 at 3:19 PM
@MiddleEastEye: Charles Lister, senior fellow at the Middle East Institute, says the explosion of hundreds of pagers commonly used by Hezbollah was an attack that “would seem to suggest that Israel was either baiting Hezbollah into forcing the issue, or into starting it itself”. https://t.co/bwYMKJ9
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What sort of grades does the Biden administration deserve for the way it’s dealt with the Middle East? Brian Katulis at the Middle East Institute gives a less than rosy assessment, to say the least. www.mei.edu/publications...
America’s Strategic Drift in the Middle East: An Assessment of the Biden Administration’s Policy One Year Into the Israel-Hamas War
The United States is trapped in a reactive Middle East policy approach of its own making one year into a regional war that continues to expand.
www.mei.edu
October 3, 2024 at 12:16 PM
What sort of grades does the Biden administration deserve for the way it’s dealt with the Middle East? Brian Katulis at the Middle East Institute gives a less than rosy assessment, to say the least. www.mei.edu/publications...
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How Donald Trump might tackle the Middle East in 2025
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How Donald Trump might tackle the Middle East in 2025
Former President Donald J. Trump won the 2024 US presidential election and will return to the White House on Jan. 20. Upon taking power, his administration will likely face a Middle East in turmoil, with wars in Gaza and potentially...
www.mei.edu
November 6, 2024 at 8:03 PM
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Listening to Ian Moss(former State CT), Shiraz Maher (ICSR) @icsr.bsky.social and Charles Lister at an Middle East Institute event in San Francisco on ISIS repatriation
November 15, 2024 at 4:12 AM
Listening to Ian Moss(former State CT), Shiraz Maher (ICSR) @icsr.bsky.social and Charles Lister at an Middle East Institute event in San Francisco on ISIS repatriation
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Apple Books:
"What if the scariest political thriller you ever read were a true story? ...Unger brings a stunning amount of research to the table, but he constructs his narrative like an expert thriller." www.harpercollins.com/products/den...
"What if the scariest political thriller you ever read were a true story? ...Unger brings a stunning amount of research to the table, but he constructs his narrative like an expert thriller." www.harpercollins.com/products/den...
Den of Spies
The explosive inside story of the October Surprise conspiracy, a stunning act of treason that changed American history. New York Times bestselling author Craig Unger reveals his thirty-year investigat...
www.harpercollins.com
November 11, 2024 at 6:26 PM
Apple Books:
"What if the scariest political thriller you ever read were a true story? ...Unger brings a stunning amount of research to the table, but he constructs his narrative like an expert thriller." www.harpercollins.com/products/den...
"What if the scariest political thriller you ever read were a true story? ...Unger brings a stunning amount of research to the table, but he constructs his narrative like an expert thriller." www.harpercollins.com/products/den...
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Jeffrey Lewis (@armscontrolwonk.bsky.social) calls my new novel A CAPITAL CALAMITY "a Jane-Austen-meets-Dr-Strangelove comedy of DC manners... It's very very funny--and serious." www.amazon.com/Capital-Cala...
A Capital Calamity: A Novel: Kaplan, Fred: 9781939282545: Amazon.com: Books
A Capital Calamity: A Novel [Kaplan, Fred] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. A Capital Calamity: A Novel
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November 19, 2024 at 5:20 PM
Jeffrey Lewis (@armscontrolwonk.bsky.social) calls my new novel A CAPITAL CALAMITY "a Jane-Austen-meets-Dr-Strangelove comedy of DC manners... It's very very funny--and serious." www.amazon.com/Capital-Cala...
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"Democrats said Gabbard's visit with Assad, the Syrian dictator, helped legitimize a leader accused of war crimes who has served as a proxy and host for Russia and Iran..."
apnews.com/article/gabb...
apnews.com/article/gabb...
Gabbard's sympathetic views toward Russia cause alarm as Trump's pick to lead intelligence services
Donald Trump's pick for director of national intelligence is facing scrutiny over her past remarks that supported Kremlin propaganda about Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
apnews.com
November 19, 2024 at 12:46 AM
"Democrats said Gabbard's visit with Assad, the Syrian dictator, helped legitimize a leader accused of war crimes who has served as a proxy and host for Russia and Iran..."
apnews.com/article/gabb...
apnews.com/article/gabb...
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No vetting at all, no background checks, and then blanket security clearances for all.
Agencies holding national security sensitive material are presumably thinking very hard right now about what material they're going to leave behind in the files on Jan 20...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Agencies holding national security sensitive material are presumably thinking very hard right now about what material they're going to leave behind in the files on Jan 20...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
November 20, 2024 at 6:00 PM
No vetting at all, no background checks, and then blanket security clearances for all.
Agencies holding national security sensitive material are presumably thinking very hard right now about what material they're going to leave behind in the files on Jan 20...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Agencies holding national security sensitive material are presumably thinking very hard right now about what material they're going to leave behind in the files on Jan 20...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...