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Barton Gellman

American Journalist

Born: Nov 3, 1960

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Some misunderstandings are hard to cure. Barton Gellman

Some Misunderstandings Cure Hard

The first time I set out to find George F. Kennan, in 1982, I had just turned 21, begun my final semester at Princeton University and noticed with astonishment that the senior thesis deadline had crept to within four months. Barton Gellman

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Stuxnet, a computer worm reportedly developed by the United States and Israel that destroyed Iranian nuclear centrifuges in attacks in 2009 and 2010, is often cited as the most dramatic use of a cyber weapon. Barton Gellman

Worm Dramatic States Destroyed Cited Weapon Attacks Computer Developed Most Israel Iranian Often Cyber Use United United States Nuclear

Privacy is relational. It depends on the audience. You don't want your employer to know you're job hunting. You don't spill all about your love life to your mom or your kids. You don't tell trade secrets to your rivals. Barton Gellman

The funny thing is that Dick Cheney has done more than anybody in the White House for quite a long time to throw up roadblocks against future historians. Barton Gellman

Funny Future Time Long Long Time White White House Funny Thing More Throw Roadblocks House Cheney Historians Dick Cheney Up Than Done Quite Quite A Long Time Anybody Against Thing

If you do write down your passwords, don't make it obvious which password corresponds to which account. Even better, write the passwords incorrectly and make up an easy rule for fixing them. You could decide to add 1 to each number in your password, so that 2x6Y is written as 3x7Y. Barton Gellman

It turns out that American Express honors recurring payments even if the vendor is unable to supply an accurate card number and expiration date. An Amex phone representative said this is a feature, not a bug, which makes sure my bills are paid. Barton Gellman

Phone Honors Unable Out Date Feature Supply Recurring Bug Sure Makes Said Accurate American Representative American Express Which Turns Paid Payments Bills Even Express Card Number

The National Security Agency has broken privacy rules or overstepped its legal authority thousands of times each year since Congress granted the agency broad new powers in 2008, according to an internal audit and other top-secret documents. Barton Gellman

Broken Privacy Legal Year National Congress Other Broad Rules Security Thousands Since New Powers Documents Audit According Times Authority National Security Agency Granted Internal Each Each Year

NSA surveillance is a complex subject - legally, technically and operationally. Barton Gellman

Technically Complex Subject Surveillance Legally

As militias go, the Ohio Defense Force is on the moderate side. Barton Gellman

Defense Side Force Go Moderate Ohio

I'm a journalist and author. I make my living by finding things out and writing about them. Barton Gellman

Writing Journalist Living Out Finding About Make Author Them Things

All Americans are dependent for their energy on the Arabian peninsula. Barton Gellman

Energy All Americans Peninsula Arabian American Dependent

Clinton saw himself much more as the steward of alliances and of consensus that moved in the right direction. He didn't see himself as someone who could change the overall thrust, I think, of global policy. Barton Gellman

Change Think Saw See Someone Direction More Alliance Could Thrust He Overall Global Himself Policy Steward Clinton Moved Much Who Right Consensus Right Direction

I doubt there's any government in the world that guides itself primarily by strategy or conceptual documents or worldview. Anybody who has the reins of power has to look at practical limitations and tradeoffs - the fact that you can focus at most on one or two things at a time, that resources are limited. Barton Gellman

Government Time You World Worldview Focus Power Doubt Strategy Resources Guides One Or Two Fact Primarily Look Most Conceptual Practical Documents Limitations Limited Itself Any Anybody Who Reins Things Two

Cheney was among the best secretaries of defence the country has ever had. He was a very effective White House chief of staff. He did not make many enemies, and he had the ability to persuade people with that soft tone and very reasonable style of his. He's always been exceptionally good as the right-hand man. Barton Gellman

Best Good Man People Enemies Country Style White White House Defence Secretaries Ability Exceptionally Had He House Make Always Cheney Been His Effective Very Chief Did Staff Persuade Reasonable Many Ever Among Tone Soft

Ecuador has never stated flatly that it would give asylum to Edward Snowden. Barton Gellman

Stated Asylum Would Give Never Edward Snowden

There's a long history of private-company cooperation with the NSA that dates back to at least the 1970s. Barton Gellman

History Long Back Dates Long History Least Cooperation

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