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Weekly Intelligence Briefing

 

 

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In the intelligence community, the nicer the sidewalk, the more likely you are to get mugged.

● Me, tasking an intel asset: “Are my instructions clear?”

Asset: “No.”

Me: “Excellent, please proceed.”

● When I was little, like a lot of kids I had an imaginary friend. But time passes, and you grow up and realize all your friends are imaginary.

● A unicycle is a training wheel for learning levitation.

● Zugzwang n. A situation in which one’s next action can only have a negative result. (The American realized he now had no choice but to attempt to say the word ‘zugzwang.’)

Executive Intelligence Summary

So long! Be a stranger! – To a friend who joined the Federal Witness Protection Program

                       

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A good reputation doesn’t precede you, it covers your ass.

● Station accurately reported that subject was a deep cover operative. Station never claimed subject was a deep cover operative. – Ops report

For a while I thought I was bisexual, but only because I tend to get ‘bi-’ and ‘semi-’ mixed up.

● If two therapists provide each other free therapy once a week with both therapists claiming a charitable tax deduction, and if the IRS agent auditing their tax returns says that’s crazy, I assume their claims will be approved.

● I did not then know whether I was a dream within a dream – although given my prostate I was pretty sure the confusion would be temporary.

Executive Intelligence Summary

The house of love is a rage room.

    

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The Law of Influence Operations. The operation flexes the influence.

SpookSpeak. Persona ipsum grata n. (Espionage) A case officer whose status is known to the host government, but who is not declared persona non grata and expelled because he or she is an important source of hard currency.

● I certainly don’t consider myself a misogynist – although my wife says I do give a good foot rub.

● Reposting all my tweets – but this time it’s the director’s cut.

Ever notice that phrenologists have funny-shaped heads?

Executive Intelligence Summary

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