Tom Drake

What's the latest? And we keep iterate, iterate, iterate, publish it, iterate, iterate, iterate, publish it because the desk rotates. I mean, I was only there on weekends. I was a weekend warrior because I was in the reserves. Usually at least once

What's the latest? And we keep iterate, iterate, iterate, publish it, iterate, iterate, iterate, publish it because the desk rotates. I mean, I was only there on weekends. I was a weekend warrior because I was in the reserves. Usually at least once

once a month so i was there for you know for two full cycles sometimes friday night till sunday sometimes from saturday through monday morning and then i would go to work and at that time i was working at booze allen and hamilton a whole another part of my career oh wow oh yeah oh yeah So I sent out this report.

once a month so i was there for you know for two full cycles sometimes friday night till sunday sometimes from saturday through monday morning and then i would go to work and at that time i was working at booze allen and hamilton a whole another part of my career oh wow oh yeah oh yeah So I sent out this report.

once a month so i was there for you know for two full cycles sometimes friday night till sunday sometimes from saturday through monday morning and then i would go to work and at that time i was working at booze allen and hamilton a whole another part of my career oh wow oh yeah oh yeah So I sent out this report.

Now, it's an internal, but it gets all the way to the J2, which is usually a one or two star general. He comes down to the Alert Center, and the Alert Center itself, it's 24 hours. normally run usually by a 06, usually a Captain Navy or a Colonel Air Force Army. And it rotates, right, depending on who's on shift and working. It can be temporary filled by a senior like Lieutenant Colonel in 05.

Now, it's an internal, but it gets all the way to the J2, which is usually a one or two star general. He comes down to the Alert Center, and the Alert Center itself, it's 24 hours. normally run usually by a 06, usually a Captain Navy or a Colonel Air Force Army. And it rotates, right, depending on who's on shift and working. It can be temporary filled by a senior like Lieutenant Colonel in 05.

Now, it's an internal, but it gets all the way to the J2, which is usually a one or two star general. He comes down to the Alert Center, and the Alert Center itself, it's 24 hours. normally run usually by a 06, usually a Captain Navy or a Colonel Air Force Army. And it rotates, right, depending on who's on shift and working. It can be temporary filled by a senior like Lieutenant Colonel in 05.

But flag level, because it's a flag level position, it's usually in 06. Generals begin at 07 and then go up to 010. And so he comes down, he literally, which is rare, he rarely ever came down, right? But he comes down, the alert center says, yeah, I saw your report. And this is almost literally what he said out loud. Yeah, who cares? Who cares about some raghead

But flag level, because it's a flag level position, it's usually in 06. Generals begin at 07 and then go up to 010. And so he comes down, he literally, which is rare, he rarely ever came down, right? But he comes down, the alert center says, yeah, I saw your report. And this is almost literally what he said out loud. Yeah, who cares? Who cares about some raghead

But flag level, because it's a flag level position, it's usually in 06. Generals begin at 07 and then go up to 010. And so he comes down, he literally, which is rare, he rarely ever came down, right? But he comes down, the alert center says, yeah, I saw your report. And this is almost literally what he said out loud. Yeah, who cares? Who cares about some raghead

issuing fatwas in the desert, sitting under a fig tree. And I paused because it's like, he just dismissed it. I was classically trained in terms of intelligence. It's an art and a science. It's not perfect. It has confidence levels. You know, in some cases you have low confidence. Sometimes you have high confidence. We had pretty high confidence that they meant business.

issuing fatwas in the desert, sitting under a fig tree. And I paused because it's like, he just dismissed it. I was classically trained in terms of intelligence. It's an art and a science. It's not perfect. It has confidence levels. You know, in some cases you have low confidence. Sometimes you have high confidence. We had pretty high confidence that they meant business.

issuing fatwas in the desert, sitting under a fig tree. And I paused because it's like, he just dismissed it. I was classically trained in terms of intelligence. It's an art and a science. It's not perfect. It has confidence levels. You know, in some cases you have low confidence. Sometimes you have high confidence. We had pretty high confidence that they meant business.

There already been a series of terrorist incidents. You can go back to the Reagan, right? Remember Beirut? And we didn't do anything. He just pulled us out. People have argued about why did he do that? Some would say it actually emboldened the terrorists. Never mind sort of the larger geopolitical dynamics in terms of history, which in itself gets complicated enough. Right.

There already been a series of terrorist incidents. You can go back to the Reagan, right? Remember Beirut? And we didn't do anything. He just pulled us out. People have argued about why did he do that? Some would say it actually emboldened the terrorists. Never mind sort of the larger geopolitical dynamics in terms of history, which in itself gets complicated enough. Right.

There already been a series of terrorist incidents. You can go back to the Reagan, right? Remember Beirut? And we didn't do anything. He just pulled us out. People have argued about why did he do that? Some would say it actually emboldened the terrorists. Never mind sort of the larger geopolitical dynamics in terms of history, which in itself gets complicated enough. Right.

But remember a bunch of French military lost their lives too in the US. Right. So it was clear the system, I say the system, and this is where you get in as people, it wasn't considered. Remember, you got to remember what year it is. This is critical in context. Context is everything here. Remember, it's classically trained. Indications, warning. Duty to warn, but indications.

But remember a bunch of French military lost their lives too in the US. Right. So it was clear the system, I say the system, and this is where you get in as people, it wasn't considered. Remember, you got to remember what year it is. This is critical in context. Context is everything here. Remember, it's classically trained. Indications, warning. Duty to warn, but indications.

But remember a bunch of French military lost their lives too in the US. Right. So it was clear the system, I say the system, and this is where you get in as people, it wasn't considered. Remember, you got to remember what year it is. This is critical in context. Context is everything here. Remember, it's classically trained. Indications, warning. Duty to warn, but indications.