Kevin Collier

And that I would not want that job over being a US senator and I struggle to imagine how anyone would.

My only immediate take at Noem being fired is that it really feels like DHS secretary is a scapegoat position for any administration regardless of party.

I think regardless it's unlikely to be a release that severely damages the company

Trump frustrated with DHS secretary Kristi Noem and considering replacements, sources say No decision has been made by the president, but he has told lawmakers that he is unhappy with the Homeland Security Secretary's testimony this week before House and Senate committees, sources say.

NEW: President Trump has grown frustrated with DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and has begun to consider possible replacements, lawmakers and people familiar with the discussions tell NBC News.

This is from the March 2025 Director of National Intelligence Annual Threat Assessment:

"We continue to assess Iran is not building a nuclear weapon and that Khamenei has not reauthorized the nuclear
weapons program he suspended in 2003."

www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/d...

Def, all signs point to the cyber being pretty meaningless in this situation; I just thought their framing of not commenting was funny

(S+) Iran: So gnadenlos späht Regime die eigene Bevölkerung aus – Ein Insider packt aus US-Präsident Trump fordert die Iraner auf, das Regime zu stürzen. Doch die Führung in Teheran hat einen gigantischen Überwachungsapparat erschaffen. SPIEGEL-Recherchen gewähren Einblick in das Spähsys...

If you're following the situation in Iran, this one is of interest to you.

We can prove how the regime in Iran is using facial recognition software to surveil its citizens.

(Gift link)
www.spiegel.de/ausland/iran...

"In an email, they said they didn't say anything."

A Iran-tied hacktivist group claims to have hacked Saudi Aramco. 12 years ago Iran wiped that company, one of the most significant cyberattacks in history. I didn't think this looked to be similar, but I asked Aramco anyway. This is their response.

Tweet from Vince Shalomi: Suing the GOP Texas for deleting my nickname "Shamwow" in the Primaries so they help the incumbent John Carter so the voters don't recognize me. Rigged election by these rhinos.

The Shamwow Guy, Vince Shlomi, says he is suing the Texas GOP for “rigging” his Texas House race by not including the word “Shamwow” on ballots

He says he uses ChatGPT constantly to figure out how to parent. I assume he'd also use it to figure out how to write an "oops I did a massive Pentagon contract too quickly" memo.

The rest of that part: "The issues are super complex, and demand clear communication. We were genuinely trying to de-escalate things and avoid a much worse outcome, but I think it just looked opportunistic and sloppy. Good learning experience for me as we face higher-stakes decisions in the future."

Sam Altman on X: "Here is re-post of an internal post: We have been working with the DoW to make some additions in our agreement to make our principles very clear. 1. We are going to amend our deal to add this language, in addition to everything else: "• Consistent with applicable laws," / X Here is re-post of an internal post: We have been working with the DoW to make some additions in our agreement to make our principles very clear. 1. We are going to amend our deal to add this language, in addition to everything else: "• Consistent with applicable laws,

Sam Altman just said he has tweaked his deal with the Pentagon and wrote a list of things he says are part of it, and he chose to include this really great line:

"One thing I think I did wrong: we shouldn't have rushed to get this out on Friday."

Very future of modern warfare here. Though obviously where we've been headed, given Ukraine Russia past few years. Though to be clear: Shit is crazy.

Amazon says there are significant AWS disruptions in the Middle East after three of its data centers were damaged by (presumably Iranian) drone strikes, two direct in UAE and one indirect in Bahrain, and that recovery will take a while given the damage.

It me!

This is a distressing story about Trump’s attempts to impede Thomas Massie’s efforts to release the Epstein files. www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

The C.I.A. Helped Pinpoint a Gathering of Iranian Leaders. Then Israel Struck.

It's interesting how we keep seeing major publications getting reporting on successful high-stakes CIA operations and intelligence soon after they happen.

It's very hard for the public to learn who is behind these accounts, but if any prosecutors did want to take up this case, it would likely be trivially easy to subpoena all the evidence they need.

Sam Altman on X: "@nicdunz Thinking through non-domestic surveillance. I have accepted that the US military is going to do some amount of surveillance on foreigners, and I know foreign governments try to do it to us, but I still don't like it. I think it is very important that society thinks through the" / X @nicdunz Thinking through non-domestic surveillance. I have accepted that the US military is going to do some amount of surveillance on foreigners, and I know foreign governments try to do it to us, but I still don't like it. I think it is very important that society thinks through the

Link is here
x.com/i/status/202...

Sam Altman is doing a Twitter AMA and this was the most striking thing I saw. He's claimed there are circumstances where he'd pull OpenAI from the Pentagon if it was doing something unconstitutional, but has made his peace with ChatGPT bolstering US efforts to spy on the rest of the world.

Trump's post today said that "hopefully" IRGC defectors will merge with dissidents to take control over the country.

truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...

Exclusive: Prior to Iran attacks, CIA assessed Khamenei could be replaced by hardline IRGC elements if killed, sources say In the run-up to the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Saturday, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency assessed that even if Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in the operation, he would...

Maybe the most vital reporting I've seen today. Trump admin went to war today with his own intelligence saying that Khamenei's death could lead to the IRGC taking over.

Tehran may be “known for its retaliatory cyberattacks” but that record has to be contextualized against the level of leadership decapitation (SL, MOIS, IRGC) going on. The human operators in the relevant offensive cyber units are going to have more…pressing concerns in a potentially collapsing state

It may be the case that it's AP style and we all are following their lead. Not sure tbh. We diverge occasionally but mostly stick with them.

Also side note: I am glad that the house style at NBC is to keep calling it the Department/Secretary of Defense, which officially is still the name, instead of the Department of War.

Another is that Anthropic has since day one tried to brand itself as the least unethical AI in the race and last night is the hardest they have ever committed to the bit. I am not a business prognosticator and have no idea if that will pay off but I'm definitely curious where that takes them.

Another way to read it is that the Pentagon wanted to get its AI situation settled before entering into war with Iran and decided to go with its second-best option for the foreseeable future over culture war issues and/or keeping open the option to automate weapons and/or spy on Americans.

OpenAI strikes deal with Pentagon after Trump orders government to stop using Anthropic On X, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said he had moved to label Anthropic as a "supply chain risk" and cancel Defense business with the company.

One way to read the AI/Pentagon news from last night (I covered it but didn't skeet) is that the Department of Defense wants AI to automate weapons and/or spy on Americans and that Anthropic would have the best AI to do that, but OpenAI is at least the second-best so they'll just use that instead.