SamBent on Nostr: #OPSEC365 202/365 In 1980 a Los Alamos scientist visited a Chinese institute. He ...
#OPSEC365 202/365
In 1980 a Los Alamos scientist visited a Chinese institute. He deflected classified questions for hours. They threw a cocktail party in his honor: toasts, applause, drinks. After enough rounds he offered an analogy about neutron bomb thresholds.
Hadnagy documents this case. The alcohol, the flattery, and the pressure of being toasted each lowered the scientist's threshold one step at a time. Conferences and happy hours are collection environments.
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