School of the Americas

Sometimes I really love being in school.

Today in class we learned about the "Ladder" of Covert Action. The basic principle is that the more violent a Covert Action is the less "Plausible Deniablity" you can expect to maintain. The "Ladder" is full of fun for the whole family such as: Propaganda, Rigging Foreign Elections, Disinformation, Sabotage, Arms Dealing, Assassination, Advising Foreign Resistance Movements, and of course my favorite - Direct Covert Warfare.

To me this is a lot more fun than reading "See Spot run" or learning how to add and subtract. A lot more applicable in day-to-day life too.

Originally posted on June 8, 2005 on Myspace.