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Dr. Shane
@natsecnerd.bsky.social
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Doctor of NatSec Nerdiness | Freelance Writer | Former Government Lacky | Swifty Dad Paying Off Debt from Eras Tour Tickets | Woke-ish Veteran | Guest Lecturer & Adjunct Professor | Director of Sentinel Research & Policy Institute

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Meta doesn’t need to sell your email address to profit from knowing your interests and preferences. My latest article examines behavioral profiling, Cambridge Analytica, and the privacy stakes of autonomous AI.

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Meta and the Business of Knowing You
Why behavioral profiling and autonomous AI make Meta’s privacy record a continuing concern
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November 2, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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Great discussion earlier this month at the IWP Chancellors Council addressing a critical blind spot in modern national security and technology policy: "The Human Factor: What AI Gets Right, Wrong, and Why It Matters."
#NationalSecurity #AIGovernance #Statecraft #DefenseTech #RiskManagement #Speaking
November 1, 2026 at 4:16 PM
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Are we failing a generation of students? Since 2020 the idea of school assignments being “late” has effectively ended but deadlines at work have not. Schools and colleges have stopped penalizing late assignments to the point students don’t even attempt to submit on time anymore #academia #education
October 31, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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The U.S. has always been a beacon of democracy, but one of its greatest vulnerability has always been internal division. Today, America faces an unprecedented level of turmoil that is having a profound impact on national security.
By @natsecnerd.bsky.social

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U.S. Political Turmoil: A Growing National Security Risk
The U.S. is at a crossroads. Politics, mass firings, and fractured alliances aren't just domestic issues—they're national security concerns.
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February 26, 2025 at 2:13 AM
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Follow our academics and national security professionals on the Sentinel Review - a #counterintelligence magazine

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The Sentinel Review | Shane McNeil | Substack
The Sentinel Review is a student-led Substack journal that publishes peer-reviewed ideas on critical counterintelligence topics, while also fostering collaboration through academic and research events...
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February 15, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Our government gets dumber every day…
crampell.bsky.social Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · Feb 12
Your legislature, hard at work
February 12, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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The national security angle on DOGE, from @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social and @profsaunders.bsky.social. (Surprise, there are still more risks I hadn't even thought of.)
Does DOGE Pose a National Security Risk?
Uncertainty about access and authority will worry allies and tempt adversaries.
www.foreignaffairs.com
February 7, 2025 at 10:35 PM
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An account linked to Marko Elez called for a ‘eugenic immigration policy’ and repealing the Civil Rights act

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DOGE staffer resigns after reporters uncover racist posts
‘I was racist before it was cool,’ one post reads.
www.theverge.com
February 6, 2025 at 11:56 PM
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When you have a voice, no matter how small, try to use it to do good in the world

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#NatSec #Diversity #Inclusion
Why Diversity and Inclusion Are Essential for National Security
In an increasingly complex world, a national security apparatus that lacks diversity is a national security liability.
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February 3, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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Well that's one way to prop up traffic on your money-losing private platform
February 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
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Interested in writing for a new startup #academic journal at the Sentinel Research Society? Have unique research into #counterintelligence or #NatSec?
February 2, 2025 at 1:54 AM
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#DeepSeek #AI #PRC
January 29, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Please take a moment to read my latest journal publication - Strategic Enhancement of Counterintelligence: Integrating CI under J3 as a Joint Fires Function for Enhanced National Defense

#Academia #NatSecSky #Defense

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Strategic Enhancement of Counterintelligence American Intelligence Journal Volume 41 No
This paper examines the positioning of counterintelligence (CI) as a supported J3 fires function rather than an organic J2 supporting intelligence function. According to the DoD, counterintelligence i...
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January 29, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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So this is how the administration is going to honor those who served our country 🤨
January 27, 2025 at 12:56 AM
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Just as oil fueled the geopolitical conflicts of the 20th century, data is increasingly positioned as the resource most likely to ignite conflict in the 21st century.
#NatSecSky #PolicySky #Privacy
#China #Russia #Economics #War

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Data is the New Oil: How the Fight for Information Could Ignite Global Conflict
Data is a strategic resource, and like past battles for oil and gold, the competition for control over it could lead to global conflicts.
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January 25, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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The debate over banning #TikTok in the United States has been poorly articulated by policymakers. Arguments centered around “data privacy” have failed to resonate with a public desensitized to surveillance
#NatSecSky #PolicySky

news.clearancejobs.com/2025/01/17/t...
TikTok and China’s Unrestricted Warfare: A Threat the U.S. Cannot Ignore
The debate over the U.S. TikTok ban has been poorly articulated by policymakers, leaving many Americans unconvinced of the threat.
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January 25, 2025 at 1:53 PM