Day 510ish
Initial denial authority
According to the Jacaard Index comparison, Cold War has 641 relations, while Newsweek Senior Editor William Arkin has 45. So, that’s 1.3% = 9 / 641 + 45).
I mention this because Newsweek has been churning out lots of bullshit about Ukraine, including Exclusive: The CIA's Blind Spot about the Ukraine War with Bill’s name on it. I suspect he and his anonymous interlocutors at DIA and CIA don’t understand Russian or Ukrainian or what the fuck they are are talking about.
But I was most curious about what, exactly, Bill actually did in Berlin.
The job of a U.S. intelligence analyst in Berlin during the late 1970s was boring as fuck. As I recall, HQ was located at the Clay Headquarters Compound across from the cemetery. It was about a 30-minute walk from Andrews Kaserne. Military intelligence, per se, was in short supply during Bill’s tour. He probably lived in the barracks, didn’t have German girlfriends and avoided smoking hash with anyone from USM-5 or Det-A.
But back to Bi…
