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Noah Shachtman
Security
Sep 11, 2008 1:21 PM

Danger, Spook Conference!

I’ll be speaking at the Director of National Intelligence Open Source Conference Friday afternoon. See you spyboys there!

I'll be speaking at the Director of National Intelligence Open Source Conference Friday afternoon. See you spyboys there!

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