As someone with an interest in cryptography and, I guess as an extension, tradecraft (shout out to Minnesota Spy Club), I thought it was interesting that the Irish military intelligence agency (formerly "J2") decided to "decloak" in the Irish Times:

• https://www.irishtimes.com/podcasts/in-the-news/the-spy-service-protecting-ireland-inc/ [podcast]
• https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/04/04/the-spy-is-the-boring-guy-in-a-suit-inside-the-states-military-intelligence-service/ [interview]

It all seems reasonable enough but I don't know about the whole thing about protecting (among other things) "Irish business interests abroad." And then to tell us that they're working for "Ireland Inc.?" IDK. Not really the kind of public image that inspires confidence.

#Spooks #Cryptography #Tradecraft #Facebook #Meta #RegulatoryCapture #Corporatism

*Oh boy. #spooks #kriegspiel #AI

https://www.cia.gov/resources/csi/static/Snow-Globe-Multi-Player-AI-System-69-4-Dec2025.pdf

Listening to Handel's Messiah, and thinking of the star-crossed love episode of Spooks / MI-5 with the Messiah sing-along (or was it choir.)

Ruth deserved better.

GREAT episode, great writing, great romance storyline that's stuck in my heart all these years.

#MI5 #Spooks #HandelsMessiah