It wasn't clear when Obama signed Executive Order 13526 early in his presidency what "extraordinary cases" government agencies could propose to exempt documents from automatic declassification after 50 years. Well, turns out, dozens of agencies qualified, mostly the obvious ones, but also the U.S. Mint.

Russia is hoping that 3.9 million roubles will be sufficient to produce a feasibility study on cracking Tor—a nonprofit service that reroutes internet traffic to anonymize user's IP addresses. Turns out: They could have saved over 3.7 million roubles just by switching to whatever these guys at Carnegie Mellon did!

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But, Have You Ever Once Stopped to Consider This: "Clancy's own career took off when President Reagan plugged Red October as 'my kind of yarn.' As well he might: Clancy shared Reagan's worldview. His stories translated that worldview into something that seemed 'real' and might actually become real if you believed hard enough."

The Royal Navy never stopped ruling the seas, man. They just do it from under the sea. You feel me?