A former US military intelligence official released a letter on Monday that explained to his colleagues at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) that his November resignation was in fact due to “moral injury” stemming from US support for Israel’s war in Gaza and the harm caused to Palestinians.
Harrison Mann, an army major, would be the first known DIA official to quit over US support to Israel.
Man said he felt shame and guilt for helping advance US policy that he said contributed to the mass killing of Palestinians.
“At some point, whatever the justification, you’re either advancing a policy that enables the mass starvation of children, or you’re not,” Mann wrote.
Facing Russian Advance, a Top Ukrainian General Paints a Bleak Picture
#Ukraine’s forces are stretched thin & have minimal reserves to draw on, the chief of #military#intelligence said, in addition to shortages of #weapons.
“The situation is on the edge,” Gen Kyrylo Budanov, head of #Ukraine’s #military#intelligence agency said…from a bunker in Kharkiv. “Every hour this situation moves toward critical.”
His assessment echoed…other Ukrainian officers…, the country’s military prospects are dimming. Besides being outnumbered, Ukrainians face critical shortages of #weapons, esp artillery ammo, & $60.8B worth of arms from the #US —approved 3 wks ago after months of gridlock in #congress —has barely begun to arrive.
Cyber World: The Future is Now | ARTE.tv #Documentary
The prefix #cyber comes from an ancient Greek word meaning "to control". But is mankind really in control of this #technology? From the invention of the internet to #artificial#intelligence Shimon Dotan's documentary takes stock of the galloping growth of the cyberworld.
We already have 1,000 would-be Mozarts who instead of learning music and honing their skills are doing shit jobs for shit wages. They're spending their time just surviving instead of blessing the rest of us with music we'd love.
The Israeli military has conducted missile strikes against Iran, a snr #UnitedStates#military ofcl told NPR Thurs. There are also reports of explosions in #Iraq & #Syria.
Iran's Fars News Agency says explosions were heard in the central city of #Isfahan, according to the Reuters News Agency.
The extent of Israel's strikes & the weapons used weren't clear.
#Poland announces the arrest of one of their citizens for working for #Russia's #intelligence services. "His tasks included collecting and providing the military intelligence of the Russian Federation with information on the security of the Rzeszów-Jasionka Airport. This was, among other things, to help Russian special services plan a possible attack on the life of the head of a foreign state - President of Ukraine Volodymyr #Zelensky"
H/t @kravietz
When you support expanding domestic spying authorities in any country:
Even if you trust in the current government, you're gambling that you can trust how future administrations define criticism, democratic political organizing & dissent.
#Russia’s Foreign Ministry has been drawing up plans to try to weaken its Western adversaries, including the #UnitedStates, & leverage the #Ukraine#war to forge a global order free from what it sees as American dominance, acc/to a secret Foreign Ministry document.
“We need to continue adjusting our approach to relations w/unfriendly states,” states the 2023 document, which was provided to The WaPo by a #European#intelligence service. “It’s important to create a mechanism for finding the vulnerable points of their external & internal policies w/the aim of developing practical steps to weaken #Russia’s opponents.”
Fin 2023, #LQDN, des journalistes du Monde et de #LighthouseReports ont montré que l’algorithme utilisé par la #CAF pour prioriser les contrôles ciblait davantage les populations les plus vulnérables. #CRISTAL
"It is not the rise of the irrational as such...that must give pause to those who would use #intelligence as a director of instinct & passion. It is the deliberate cultivation of the irrational. For the cult is not spontaneous & natural; it is intentional & purposeful."
John #Dewey, 1918... two days before Armistice, to be precise.
Adobe Magneto: una pericolosa minaccia RCE per i siti di e-commerce
Gli specialisti di Sicurezza Informatica hanno avvertito che gli #hacker stanno già sfruttando una nuova #vulnerabilità in #Magento (CVE-2024-20720) e l'utilizzatore per implementare una #backdoor persistente sui siti di e-commerce.
The terrible human toll in Gaza has many causes.
A chilling investigation by +972 highlights efficiency:
An engineer: “When a 3-year-old girl is killed in a home in Gaza, it’s because someone in the army decided it wasn’t a big deal for her to be killed.”
An AI outputs "100 targets a day". Like a factory with murder delivery:
"According to the investigation, another reason for the large number of targets, and the extensive harm to civilian life in Gaza, is the widespread use of a system called “Habsora” (“The Gospel”), which is largely built on artificial intelligence and can “generate” targets almost automatically at a rate that far exceeds what was previously possible. This AI system, as described by a former intelligence officer, essentially facilitates a “mass assassination factory.”"
"The third is “power targets,” which includes high-rises and residential towers in the heart of cities, and public buildings such as universities, banks, and government offices."
It was easier to locate the individuals in their private houses.
“We were not interested in killing operatives only when they were in a military building or engaged in a military activity. On the contrary, the IDF bombed them in homes without hesitation, as a first option. It’s much easier to bomb a family’s home. The system is built to look for them in these situations.”