On Keeping Secrets... help me find it!
September 1, 2010 12:03 PM Subscribe
Help me find a speech on secrecy introducing the experience of having high clearance. It was an excerpt from a book, and was a speech given from someone who already had clearance to a state official who was about to gain such clearance. Involved how one's attitude changes over time. I think I saw it on boingboing or kottke but my google-fu is failing so far.
Involved preparing the state official for "life with clearance," when he would know others don't, make decisions based on different sets of facts and therefore hard to understand for most people etc. The excerpt was short, to the point and quite poignant.
Involved preparing the state official for "life with clearance," when he would know others don't, make decisions based on different sets of facts and therefore hard to understand for most people etc. The excerpt was short, to the point and quite poignant.
Best answer: Daniel Ellsberg tells Henry Kissinger what its like to have Top Secret Clearance
posted by anastasiav at 12:14 PM on September 1, 2010 [7 favorites]
posted by anastasiav at 12:14 PM on September 1, 2010 [7 favorites]
Aaaaand...aha. Found on Kottke, thanks to anastasiav.
posted by MonkeyToes at 12:20 PM on September 1, 2010
posted by MonkeyToes at 12:20 PM on September 1, 2010
Response by poster: Yes, thank you, anastasiav!
For some reason site:kottke secret clearance does not produce this result. How did you find it?
posted by andreinla at 12:32 PM on September 1, 2010
For some reason site:kottke secret clearance does not produce this result. How did you find it?
posted by andreinla at 12:32 PM on September 1, 2010
How did you find it?
I remembered that the quote was about Kissenger and Google did the rest of the work for me. I didn't find it via Kottke, I think I read the original Mother Jones (maybe via here, actually).
posted by anastasiav at 12:50 PM on September 1, 2010
I remembered that the quote was about Kissenger and Google did the rest of the work for me. I didn't find it via Kottke, I think I read the original Mother Jones (maybe via here, actually).
posted by anastasiav at 12:50 PM on September 1, 2010
And I googled ellsberg site:kottke.org.
Results for "secret"or "security" plus kottke.org in the last year produce the Ellsberg article, but "clearance" doesn't. Go figure.
posted by MonkeyToes at 1:08 PM on September 1, 2010
Results for "secret"or "security" plus kottke.org in the last year produce the Ellsberg article, but "clearance" doesn't. Go figure.
posted by MonkeyToes at 1:08 PM on September 1, 2010
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posted by MonkeyToes at 12:11 PM on September 1, 2010