Eric Geller

Eric Geller @ericgeller

Once again, it's remarkable how much of an outlier the U.S. is among advanced industrialized nations in privatizing basic societal functions. — PolitiTweet.org

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"As a teenager, I never spoke directly to the FBI agent, but if I had, I would have told him I was afraid of terrorism too." https://t.co/EyXAfDYBQN — PolitiTweet.org

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Is this protecting and serving? — PolitiTweet.org

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I had fun discussing Star Wars' portrayal of droid rights and droid autonomy with @Grace_Segers for our latest @HothTakes episode. We cover Luke's relationship with R2-D2, the ethics of the battle droid army, and the moral questions that L3-37 raised. https://t.co/RRznsO2kvB — PolitiTweet.org

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It's never been more important for journalists to understand survey methodology and report on polls responsibly. — PolitiTweet.org

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Inglis says collaboration must be more than just information sharing. You need "the professional intimacy of face-to-face contact." Partners need to be sharing not just information but insights, hunches, and "shards of information." — PolitiTweet.org

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Inglis, whose office is supposed to have 75 employees, says that he anticipates reaching that number "by this time next year." — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked what he needs from Congress, Inglis asks them to "stay the course," because they're already very aware of cyber's importance and supportive of improving cyber defenses through increased resources and authorities. — PolitiTweet.org

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Inglis also says it's important that every young person receives some basic cyber skills education. "Let's give them the equivalent of driver's education training sometime" in their early years, he says. "Everybody needs to have some foundational skills.” — PolitiTweet.org

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Inglis says the best way to build a strong cyber workforce is to recognize that govt and industry are part of one community and to expand the workforce instead of treating it as a zero-sum game through increased early education about cyber careers. — PolitiTweet.org

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Inglis said you need a combination of resilience, vigilance, and consequences to protect cyberspace. Need to "concurrently apply pressure to make [hackers' lives] more difficult [and] make it such that, even if they still aspire to do that work, they'll fail in the bargain." — PolitiTweet.org

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@Mister_Fun_Guy @darth that's me — PolitiTweet.org

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On cyber deterrence, Inglis says, “Whether it's the elections of 2018 or 2020, whether it's ransomware, you're not going to simply shoot your way out of it. You're not going to simply try to find a cyber bullet and shoot down the other side that is aiming their cyber gun at you." — PolitiTweet.org

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On whether ransomware gangs are letting up, Inglis says, “I think it’s too soon to tell." Some gangs have gone quiet, he says, but they're probably just waiting "to see whether the storm will blow over. … I think it's too soon to say that we're out of the woods on this." — PolitiTweet.org

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On need for collaboration, Inglis says cyber has the same problem now that CT had before 9/11 of insufficient partnerships b/w ppl who had different pieces of the puzzle. He says the UK and Israel are "excellent examples of collaboration between the private and public sector." — PolitiTweet.org

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Inglis on regulatory responses to security weaknesses: "In the same way that, in the automobile industry and the insurance that conveys to that, we don't so much prosecute the accident as we prosecute the reckless behavior that led to that accident, we need to focus on that." — PolitiTweet.org

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Asked about the U.S. government's policy on paying ransoms, Inglis says it's usually a bad idea but that the government won't punish critical infrastructure operators that pay to save lives. — PolitiTweet.org

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The @ReaganInstitute is hosting a fireside chat right now with National Cyber Director Chris Inglis: https://t.co/GWDD82K19W First few Qs were about division of labor w/ NSC, and Inglis gave the same answer that he first gave me in our recent interview: https://t.co/1MqJFd5gFH — PolitiTweet.org

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@AJVicens @eddieperezTX Thanks AJ! — PolitiTweet.org

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@TonyRomm more like "i'll byte" — PolitiTweet.org

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@eddieperezTX @AJVicens (thank you Eddie!) — PolitiTweet.org

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🎙️🤖 Just published a new episode of @HothTakes, in which @Grace_Segers and I discuss the issue of droid sentience. What do people in Star Wars owe to their mechanical helpers? Find out what we think: https://t.co/RRznsNKJE3 — PolitiTweet.org

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utterly depraved — PolitiTweet.org

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Members of Congress from Florida are asking DOJ for information about the recently disclosed SolarWinds hacks of U.S. Attorneys' offices throughout the country, including the three in Florida. https://t.co/Zdtwr63gVr https://t.co/93ng8hH3tX — PolitiTweet.org

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@darth @NoContextTrek @paramountplus @StarTrek you make an interesting point darth — PolitiTweet.org

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@darth @NoContextTrek @paramountplus @StarTrek but think of all the suffering they would have had to watch — PolitiTweet.org

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@darth @NoContextTrek @paramountplus @StarTrek darth pls — PolitiTweet.org

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@darth @NoContextTrek @paramountplus @StarTrek happy #StarTrekUnitedGives day darth only because it is for a good cause — PolitiTweet.org

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👏👏👏 A very good day. — PolitiTweet.org

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@darth @millieratnerdog she says hi darth — PolitiTweet.org