Annie Jacobsen
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Yeah. During the war on terror, people were just like incensed to learn that there's a drone that's flying at something like 20,000 feet. It's called Argus is right. And it could, it can capture the, it's not a license plate. It's like, it can basically capture like what's written on a golf ball from 17,000 feet, 20,000 feet up. Okay. And people went crazy over this.
Yeah. During the war on terror, people were just like incensed to learn that there's a drone that's flying at something like 20,000 feet. It's called Argus is right. And it could, it can capture the, it's not a license plate. It's like, it can basically capture like what's written on a golf ball from 17,000 feet, 20,000 feet up. Okay. And people went crazy over this.
Yeah. During the war on terror, people were just like incensed to learn that there's a drone that's flying at something like 20,000 feet. It's called Argus is right. And it could, it can capture the, it's not a license plate. It's like, it can basically capture like what's written on a golf ball from 17,000 feet, 20,000 feet up. Okay. And people went crazy over this.
Like, Oh my God, it's big brother. Well, One of the lead engineers on that, Pat Bilken, is someone I talk to regularly because we talk about surveillance a lot because he thinks about it a lot because he has kids now.
Like, Oh my God, it's big brother. Well, One of the lead engineers on that, Pat Bilken, is someone I talk to regularly because we talk about surveillance a lot because he thinks about it a lot because he has kids now.
Like, Oh my God, it's big brother. Well, One of the lead engineers on that, Pat Bilken, is someone I talk to regularly because we talk about surveillance a lot because he thinks about it a lot because he has kids now.
And he has given so much thoughtful, you know, really thinks about this issue because he believes, just like you stated, that what we are turning over about ourselves actually exceeds anything that Argus is could do itself. from above because we're doing it willfully.
And he has given so much thoughtful, you know, really thinks about this issue because he believes, just like you stated, that what we are turning over about ourselves actually exceeds anything that Argus is could do itself. from above because we're doing it willfully.
And he has given so much thoughtful, you know, really thinks about this issue because he believes, just like you stated, that what we are turning over about ourselves actually exceeds anything that Argus is could do itself. from above because we're doing it willfully.
And so what it's doing is it's creating an ability for if someone wants to know about you, if someone, let's say in government, wants to know about Lex Friedman, they can find out everything about you. And then that gets used for tagging, tracking, and ultimately, you know, in the war theater, it was called find, fix, finish. Well, what do you think the finish is in that statement?
And so what it's doing is it's creating an ability for if someone wants to know about you, if someone, let's say in government, wants to know about Lex Friedman, they can find out everything about you. And then that gets used for tagging, tracking, and ultimately, you know, in the war theater, it was called find, fix, finish. Well, what do you think the finish is in that statement?
And so what it's doing is it's creating an ability for if someone wants to know about you, if someone, let's say in government, wants to know about Lex Friedman, they can find out everything about you. And then that gets used for tagging, tracking, and ultimately, you know, in the war theater, it was called find, fix, finish. Well, what do you think the finish is in that statement?
It's not pleasant. It's called a drone strike.
It's not pleasant. It's called a drone strike.
It's not pleasant. It's called a drone strike.
Find him with the biometric. Fix him, meaning fix his position. We know he's moving in a car. That's him. That's him. Finish him. Call it in. Drone strike. Boom.
Find him with the biometric. Fix him, meaning fix his position. We know he's moving in a car. That's him. That's him. Finish him. Call it in. Drone strike. Boom.
Find him with the biometric. Fix him, meaning fix his position. We know he's moving in a car. That's him. That's him. Finish him. Call it in. Drone strike. Boom.
In my researching Third Reich weapons for Operation Paperclip because, of course, we got a lot of those scientists after.
In my researching Third Reich weapons for Operation Paperclip because, of course, we got a lot of those scientists after.