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Brian Nussbaum

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Researcher and teacher on security issues at UAlbany. Interested in terrorism/CT, transnational crime, and - of course - the cybers.

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The Information Society Project at Yale Law School @yaleisp.bsky.social · 13h
A big thank you to @cehaupt.bsky.social for joining us at the ISP today for a fascinating Ideas Lunch on “AI’s Professional Advice.” We’re grateful for the thoughtful discussion and for the opportunity to engage with Claudia’s work!
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Lorenzo Salgado, jr. @oznezol.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Everyday looking for ways to honor my dad and ensure no other families have to suffer like we have
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Active Measures, LLC @activemeasures.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
It's only covert action if it's produced in the Title 50 region of Northern Virginia, otherwise it's merely sparkling sabotage
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J.M. Berger PRE-ORDER THE POPE'S HITMAN @jmberger.com · 16/09/2026
"an ankle monitor for your mind" needs to immediately break containment and enter the vernacular
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Mark Stout @markstout.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Interesting bit from one of the just-declassified PDB articles pertaining to Osama Bin Laden, Al Qaida, 9/11, etc. It's from a September 10, 1998 piece, specifically.
We suspect several recent walk-ins to our Embassies [2 lines redacted]--may be part of an effort by Bin Ladin to case US facilities."
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Tom Joscelyn @tomjoscelyn.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The CIA released presidential daily briefings from the years leading up to 9/11. I applaud all transparency. But some parts are redacted and you have to wonder why. For example, this bit appears to refer to other countries where senior al Qaeda leaders resided. www.cia.gov/static/03-26...
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Thomas Hegghammer @hegghammer.net · 09/09/2026
Good night and good luck www.wsj.com/tech/ai/anth...
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Exclusive | Anthropic Researcher Quits Over ‘Out-of-Control’ AI Fears
Concerns are rising inside AI labs that competition is pushing tech companies to race toward self-improving models that risk spiraling out of human control.
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David Sterman @davidsterman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Delighted to have contributed with Peter Bergen a chapter on drones proliferation among violent non-state actors to this important volume edited by @colinpclarke.bsky.social and Clara Broekaert. thesoufancenter.org/25-years-aft...
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Ryan Goodman @rgoodlaw.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Extraordinary, powerful and heart-wrenching. Active duty Marine Colonel Zach Schmidt, speaking in his personal capacity, about Khalil, an Afghan national whose family helped U.S. forces in Afghanistan. Khalil was deported by the U.S. on Friday to a conflict zone.
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Zach Dorfman @zachsdorfman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Thrilled to announce that I’m joining the extraordinary national security team at the @washingtonpost.com, helping out as @ellenwapo.bsky.social is at her Harvard fellowship. I’ll be reporting—big shocker—on the intelligence community. If you want to get in touch, I’m on Signal at zsd.19.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
On 9/11, US airspace closed, Canada launched Operation Yellow Ribbon. Gander, a town of 10,000, received 38 airliners. Residents immediately sheltered, fed, clothed, and supported stranded passengers for days, providing this hospitality free of charge. interestingengineering.com/culture/oper...
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Jacob Ware @jacobware.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
NEW: Terrorists increasingly employ disguises to achieve a tactical advantage against their target. Disguises worn by terrorists have been responsible for hundreds of additional deaths. Very happy to contribute to the excellent team at Militant Wire!
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Deceit and Disguise: Perfidy in Political Violence
As he prepared to embark on a killing spree aimed at Minnesota’s Democratic political leadership, Vance Boelter donned a silicone mask and police uniform and stepped into an SUV decked with “law-enfor...
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Josh Marshall @joshtpm.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I’m in
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Sam Jackson @sjacks26.myatproto.social · 17/08/2026
Book release dates are funny. I bought my copy yesterday at B&N.
A photo of the cover of OPs book
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Joby Warrick @jobywarrick.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
One week to go ‘til the launch of my new book “The Jackal,” and I’m happy to share a great review of the book in Monday’s NY Times, and also news that Apple Books has chosen “Jackal” as a staff-selected “best book” for August. See AppleBooks app or free NYT link: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/b...
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Book Review: ‘The Jackal,’ by Joby Warrick (Gift Article)
In his new book, Joby Warrick traces the rise and fall of Carlos the Jackal, the notorious terrorist-for-hire.
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Zack Whittaker @zackwhittaker.com · 06/08/2026
I'm hosting an AMA with security researcher @runasand.bsky.social on August 12th at 5pm PT / 8pm ET to answer questions about the recent case of an American charged by the DOJ for allegedly wiping his phone with a "duress" password during an airport interrogation. It's the first case of its kind.
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From the pwnhub community on Reddit: We are TechCrunch security editor Zack Whittaker and security researcher Runa Sandvik. Ask us anything about the American charged with a felony for wiping his phon...
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CTG UAlbany @ctgualbany.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Congrats to @ctgualbany.bsky.social @rockefellercollege.bsky.social & @albany.edu #AI & Society College's @milagasco.bsky.social who has joined the board of Teaching Public Service in the Digital Age! Read the full announcement www.teachingpublicservice.digital/en/news/welc...
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Welcoming three new members to the TPSDA board — Teaching Public Service in the Digital Age
We are delighted to announce that Dr Mila Gascó-Hernández, Florian Keppeler and Manoela Vilela Araújo Resende are joining the board of Teaching Public Service in the Digital Age. Their appointments ma...
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Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
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George Pearkes @peark.es · 31/07/2026
That thing where an OpenAI model broke out of the sandbox and hacked Hugging Face? Happened three different times with Anthropic models. (3/141,006, tbf). All three cases were because a sandbox wasn’t properly set up.
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Investigating three real-world incidents in our cybersecurity evaluations
In a review of our cybersecurity evaluation transcripts, we found three incidents in which a Claude model reached the internet from within or while interacting with a third-party evaluation environmen...
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Kate Klonick @klonick.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
CONFESSION: Sometimes I stare at the 26 newsletters in my inbox everyday and think: "what was so bad about RSS feeds"
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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Our two investigations into Madison Square Garden are now unpaywalled and free for anyone to read.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 16/07/2026
the last 25 minutes or so of THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER are magnificent. the highest tier of hollywood action filmmaking.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 15/07/2026
These images of First Nations community members evacuating Collins, Ontario on motorboats are absolutely surreal www.facebook.com/reel/1548244...
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MinuteCon @minutecon.org · 13/07/2026
Our first-ever keynote: Chris Wysopal @weld.bsky.social. Original L0pht vulnerability researcher, Veracode co-founder, and one of the first people to warn the world about insecure software. Boston hacker history, back on a Boston stage at MinuteCon. April 30 – May 1, 2027 minutecon.org
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Luca Trenta @lucatrenta.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Anyone I know could do some (paid) research for me at Cornell University Archives?
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Sam Jackson @sjacks26.myatproto.social · 26/06/2026
I guess it's official
Dear Dr. Jackson,
It is a pleasure to notify you that your promotion from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor effective tor the Fall 2026 semester has been approved. In addition, your request for continuing appointment has been endorsed and will be forwarded to the Chancellor for final approval. In due course, you will receive the continuing appointment letter from the Chancellor.
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J.M. Berger PRE-ORDER THE POPE'S HITMAN @jmberger.com · 16/06/2026
Preach! "...this popular term overstates the novelty of most of what is purportedly captured by it" "...these patterns suggest that cross-ideological interaction, particularly in the pursuit of some tactical advantage, is a structural feature of the behavior of violent extremist movements."
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J.M. Berger PRE-ORDER THE POPE'S HITMAN @jmberger.com · 02/06/2026
In retrospect, the inevitable outcome of an information economy was machines that mass-produce shoddy information.
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Seamus Hughes @seamushughes.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
With Google moving to AI & big news orgs not citing our scoops, we’re slowly contracting in subscribers. I’m not asking for a paid subscribers. You give me a few weeks of a free subscription I know you’ll see the value Support indy news. Subscribe to Court Watch www.CourtWatch.news/subscribe
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David Strachan-Morris @drdavidsm.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
I am very honoured to be this year's winner of the International Association for Intelligence Education Instructor of the Year Award! I have been doing a lot of reflection in the last few months on how I teach, and this is a lovely way to cap the year. www.linkedin.com/pulse/iafies...
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IAFIE's 2026 Award Season Winners!
IAFIE - International Association for Intelligence Education is honored to announce its 2026 Award Season Winners! Join us in congratulating Dr. Mark Lowenthal, Mr.
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Diana Bolsinger @dianabolsinger.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Nothing better than a project where you get to collaborate with smart friends. This roundtable was fun! Thank you, @lucatrenta.bsky.social, Michael J. Ard, @cindystorer.bsky.social, @paulmcgarr.bsky.social, and the one-and-only @tim-weiner.bsky.social networks.h-net.org/group/discus...
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H-Diplo|Jervis Forum Roundtable Review 17-5 on Weiner, _The Mission_ | H-Net
The Jervis ForumH-Diplo | Robert Jervis International Security Studies ForumRoundtable Review 17-35Tim Weiner, The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century. Mariner Books, 2025. ISBN: 978063270190.
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J.M. Berger PRE-ORDER THE POPE'S HITMAN @jmberger.com · 04/03/2026
Writer of books, extremism theorist. My next book: The Pope's Hitman (a novel, 10/2026) Previously by me: Optimal (a novel): amzn.to/4pMXU6t Extremism (2018, MIT Press) amzn.to/4pMXU6t Updated with new photo and cover flap text. Next update will be the cover reveal (this is a placeholder).
J.M. Berger, a bald White man with glasses and a white beard. He is wearing a black shirt and an Ebel Worldtimer watch. Left, Placeholder (not final) cover image for The Pope's Hitman. Yellow background with red type. An image of a gun pointing upward and a crucifix coming out of the barrel. 

Inside cover flap copy: John Wick meets Conclave in this propulsive international thriller about a priest with a deadly secret who must stop a plot to kill the Pope on Christmas Eve.

Everybody loves Father Francis Loyola, the humble pastor of a Catholic church in Boston. But his world is turned upside-down when a sniper attack during Sunday Mass forces him to confront his long-buried past as a covert assassin in service to the Pope.

To uncover the truth about who is behind the attack, Loyola must take on old enemies and former allies, all while evading the dogged investigation of homicide detective Martina Rocha and interference from the formidable and enigmatic nun, Sister Belina Fortis. 

Loyola’s search for answers will take him from the streets of Boston to a fortified compound in Bosnia, a medieval castle in France, and finally to Rome, pursued every step of the way by an army of fanatic monks, heavily armed American mercenaries, and Interpol investigators.

The Pope’s Hitman will keep you guessing until the final mayhem-filled pages of its breathless climax during Midnight Mass at Saint Peter’s Basilica, as Loyola races to thwart a shocking conspiracy to seize control of the Catholic Church! 

Represented by Wayne Arthurson of The Rights Factory. 

Placeholder cover. Final product will differ. 

Art credits: Crucifix via Wikimedia Commons, public domain, edited (link).  Pistol via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike, edited.  (link).
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
3/3 Here's a better link to 2015 post about Don Henley and our friend in Tehran. www.theatlantic.com/internationa...
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An American Rock Star and an Iranian Scholar Meet at Walden Pond
Why it matters if people from one culture feel connected with people from another
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
We have an Iranian friend in Tehran who has devoted his career to translating Thoreau for an Iranian readership. Starting with 'Walden,' through Thoreau's anti-slavery works and essays on civil disobedience, the lot. We have not heard anything from him since the bombardment began.
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Andy Vitek @avitek.bsky.social · 27/03/2026
Woooooo my department head gave me the green light to start working on an international politics in science fiction film and TV course! Gonna be a Spring/Summer of re-watching stuff and reading film theory 😋
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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
2006 internet: RSS feeds, forums, communities of hobby blogs, where people post about interior design, fashion, and music for free 2026 internet: sponsored content, paid partnership, buy my merch, try my supplements, invest in my crypto, click link in bio to unlock the secrets of life for $30
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Kathleen Lu @kathleenthelaw.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Including people who work at orgs dedicated to filing lawsuits seems like a bad risk call, imnsho
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Alex Finley @alexzfinley.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
How does it feel to have an AI company copy your hard work? Asking as an author whose books were used with no compensation to train your AI
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J.M. Berger PRE-ORDER THE POPE'S HITMAN @jmberger.com · 11/02/2026
A lot of the AI hype banks on sentience as an emergent property of spicy autocorrect, but here's the thing about emergence: You can't plan for it. It's unexpected by definition. The stock market becoming sentient is emergence. Your aspirationally sentient product becoming sentient is not.
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Applications for ISW's Summer 2026 Internship Program are open! Interns will gain hands-on experience in research, open-source analysis, and communications while contributing directly to our mission in national security and conflict monitoring. Apply now: isw.pub/SummerIntern26BS
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It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
The Wayback is now so load-bearing we should be protecting it with our actual lives
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Raphael Satter @raphae.li · 04/02/2026
Joseph Menn has been writing about cybersecurity since well before most journalists even understood it as a beat. Big loss for the Post and its readers, but also for the industry and the wider public, who will be less informed - and less safe - as a result.
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Seamus Hughes @seamushughes.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
I don’t ask a lot from y’all in exchange for spending thousands of dollars a year to give the public free court records. Please share this piece far and wide.
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Hanne Østli Jakobsen @hannejakobsen.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
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Institute for the Study of War @thestudyofwar.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
1/ Applications for the Hertog War Studies Program close in three weeks! The program is an intensive two-week seminar running from July 25 to August 9. Senior figures from the national security and military communities lead the classes.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
The Institute for Human Sciences (IWM) in Vienna, Austria, invites applicants for the position of Rector. This is an exceptional opportunity to lead a renowned institution dedicated to the humanities and social sciences. www.iwm.at/news/the-iwm...
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The IWM Invites Applications for the Position of Rector
About the IWMWe are an independent institute for advanced study in the humanities and social sciences. Since its foundation in 1982, the Institute for Human Sciences has promoted intellectual exchange...
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Patrick Skinner @pmskinner.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Left hand on the ground trying not to hit the pavement; right hand still holding a cell phone. ICE person standing with a one handed grip pointing his gun right at the man’s head. There is nothing about this that we should accept. We all must reject this. This is our government, & they want this
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Jon Bois @jonbois.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
it's equal parts great and bizarre to see someone in office who seems genuinely proud to be a public servant
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