Annie Jacobsen
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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.
In my researching Third Reich weapons for Operation Paperclip because, of course, we got a lot of those scientists after.
Yes. When, you know, at what point do the ends justify the means, right? But in looking at those programs, and we acquired Hitler's favorite weapons designers, and I'm talking about weapons of mass destruction like chemical weapons and biological weapons, right?
Yes. When, you know, at what point do the ends justify the means, right? But in looking at those programs, and we acquired Hitler's favorite weapons designers, and I'm talking about weapons of mass destruction like chemical weapons and biological weapons, right?
Yes. When, you know, at what point do the ends justify the means, right? But in looking at those programs, and we acquired Hitler's favorite weapons designers, and I'm talking about weapons of mass destruction like chemical weapons and biological weapons, right?
But, of course, America was ahead in the nuclear program, and an interesting detail reading Albert Speer's memoirs was Speer referring to a conversation he had with Hitler where Hitler said, no, I don't want to do that. That's Jewish science. And so because of Hitler's own racial, ethnic prejudices, they didn't develop the bomb, right? As far as should we have dropped the bombs on Hiroshima,
But, of course, America was ahead in the nuclear program, and an interesting detail reading Albert Speer's memoirs was Speer referring to a conversation he had with Hitler where Hitler said, no, I don't want to do that. That's Jewish science. And so because of Hitler's own racial, ethnic prejudices, they didn't develop the bomb, right? As far as should we have dropped the bombs on Hiroshima,
But, of course, America was ahead in the nuclear program, and an interesting detail reading Albert Speer's memoirs was Speer referring to a conversation he had with Hitler where Hitler said, no, I don't want to do that. That's Jewish science. And so because of Hitler's own racial, ethnic prejudices, they didn't develop the bomb, right? As far as should we have dropped the bombs on Hiroshima,
You know, I've interviewed all kinds of people with different opinions, most of them that it ended the war. The best interview and most meaningful perhaps that I ever did was with Al O'Donnell, who was a participant in the Battle of Okinawa, which was like this insane... Just to read stories about Okinawa, it makes your hair stand on end. And O'Donnell, like so many others, was slated to...