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3 Jun, 6 tweets, 2 min read
Back in 2002, I waited to hear the intelligence analysis on the aluminum tubes. I knew that part of the analysis would be by people at Oak Ridge who knew how to build centrifuges. 1/
Gordon and Miller wrote that the intel community agreed that the aluminum tubes were for centrifuges. I had reservations, but figured that that must include those Oak Ridge folks.

It turned out it didn't. Long story short, it was driven by an obsessive CIA analyst. 2/
Gordon and Miller presented that analysis as God's Own Truth. They never mentioned that DOE - the Oak Ridge people - and State's IRB dissented. That was all the difference in the world. 3/
The Times itself - back in the day when it had more integrity - investigated the reporting. Here's what they said. 4/
nytimes.com/2004/05/26/wor… Excerpt from Times article: On Sept. 8, 2002, the lead artic
The editors were at fault too. IIRC, Gordon left the Times not long after that.

But white guys always get a second chance. 5/5
Eh - That should be State's INR.

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11 May
Reaction to my article has been not very analytical. 1/

foreignpolicy.com/2021/05/10/mic…
The predominant reaction has been "Okay, if it's not a directed microwave weapon, then it must be something else." Many suggestions have been offered. 2/
But that reaction contains a number of assumptions.

1) That there is a defined set of symptoms comprising the Havana Syndrome.

2) That those symptoms are being caused by a malign agent.

3) That the agent is using a directed-energy weapon. 3/
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27 Apr
A lot of OH YAY I CAN DO ANYTHING I WANT NOW THAT I'M VACCINATED today.

I looked at the CDC guidelines. I'm not going to change much.
cdc.gov/coronavirus/20…
The page is too long, so people are pulling out their favorite parts and running with that.

This is the part that is causing the most problems. What You Can Start to Do If you’ve been fully vaccinated:
Let me be clear: the conjunction "if" means "under the condition that". Do not ignore it.

The word "except" means "not in these cases."
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26 Apr
Back when I started contracting for environmental restoration, I was surprised to receive bids from "Beltway bandits" who had no experience in what they were proposing. 1/
Colleagues explained that this was common practice. If they won the contract, they would then subcontract to others, while retaining their percentage. 2/
The Beltway bandits knew how to work the system, how to write the proposals better than firms that actually knew how to do the work.

My preference was for the firms that actually knew how to do the work. 3/
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31 Dec 20
I think I've found the problem.

General Gustave Perna was nominated by President Trump to be COO for Operation Warp Speed on May 18. He was confirmed by the Senate on July 2. A month and a half. 1/
army.mil/article/235694…
defense.gov/Newsroom/Relea…
"[H]is team did not have a clear understanding of why these delays were happening"?????
2/
nytimes.com/2020/12/30/hea… NYT clip: At the Operation Warp Speed news conference on Wed
Perna should have available to him project management printouts of the vaccine transport, the centers to which it is going and the plans for distribution from there, the personnel available, and the locations for vaccinations. 3/
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8 Jun 20
Huh. I see this tweet has been deleted, as has the one for #85. Some good comments, so I won't delete it. Maybe I need to do screenshots from here on.
Adventures in Masculinity #87

I guess we might as well go for the obvious
Adventures in Masculinity #88
"But the messaging behind all of this is crap. It presents mask-wearing as something cool that men can individually do in order to be rugged heroes, deserving of accolades for their brave, manly choices."

washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/styl…
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26 Apr 20
Act I: Donald Trump withdraws from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, in which Iran agreed to give up all work that could lead to nuclear weapons.
whitehouse.gov/presidential-a…
Experts warned that this withdrawal would give up leverage on Iran.

Act II: The remaining members of the JCPOA stay with it and try to make it work. The US begins "maximum pressure," reinstating sanctions that Donald Trump and Mike Pompeo believe will make Iran bend to their will.

Iran does not bend to their will.
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