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The CIA just announced “CIA Labs” in a release sent to journalists:
Then the @CIA tweeted about it. No news on its website nor /URL, but tweet is there: cia.gov/news-informati…
@techreview was pre-briefed: technologyreview.com/2020/09/21/100…
& @cialabs has a headache. ImageImageImageImage
The stub of the @CIA Labs website the agency just tweeted out is here: cia.gov/offices-of-cia…
The glowing dragonfly logo is a brilliant nod to its insectothopter — and perhaps to cybug spies flying now: spectrum.ieee.org/tech-history/h… ImageImageImageImage
This news sounds banal — there are hundreds of federal labs.
But there’s a buried lede in that government PR.

As @HowellONeill reports, #CIALabs gives CIA officers “unprecedented ability” to make money from the IP of their inventions while in government:
technologyreview.com/2020/09/21/100… ImageImageImage
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