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The consolidation of power at the federal level in the guise of public safety is a national trend and should be guarded against at all costs. This erosion of rights, however incremental, is the slow death of freedom.
We are citizens, not subjects, and we must stay ever vigilant that we remain so.
Fight with every advantage you can get.
Always give your honest assessment. That was how one built trust as a combat leader. Without trust, there was nothing.
constantly study his profession, resist groupthink, question assumptions, and seek out the most knowledgeable people he could across the industry
The joke in the Teams was that smartphones were “surveillance devices that also made phone calls,”
Find yourself a used iPhone, maybe from Craigslist, where you have no relationship with the seller. Pay cash for it, toss the SIM card, and restore it to factory settings. You’ll need to set up a burner email to get an anonymous iTunes account. Do that from a library computer or one not associated with you.
“Use cash to buy an iTunes gift card so you can download Signal. It’s a private messaging service from the app store. Make this your username.”
“It’s basically a texting app. You’ll need cell service to get Signal, so just use a prepaid SIM bought with cash. After that, don’t use cell again. Only use it over public Wi-Fi. Also download a VPN from Private Internet Access. Pay for it with a gift card you buy with cash. Keep Wi-Fi turned off when you are not actively using it. In fact, keep the phone turned off when you are not using it.
What is a midlevel DOD law enforcement agent doing walking alongside the secretary of defense, and likely next president, Lorraine Hartley?
Observe. Orient. Decide. Act.
You can plan forever but at some point you have to execute.
“In Judges, Gideon asks God how to choose his men for battle. The Lord told Gideon to take his men down to the river and drink. The men who flopped down on their bellies and drank like dogs were no good to him. Gideon watched as some of his men knelt down and drank with their heads watching the horizon, spears in hand. Though they were few, they were the men he needed. You’ve always been one of the few, James. Keep watching the horizon.”
