The Covert Comic

Weekly Intelligence Briefing

(Note: Cleared readers only, please.)

Trust me, I know what I'm officially not doing.

●  The same asset can save your life, and get you killed.  And not necessarily in that order. – Tradecraft

●  The wrong side of the tracks is on top of them.

●  "Trapped!  Trapped like a rat!" thought Jeff.  Then Jeff remembered that he was, in fact, a rat, which made him feel at least a little better.

●  You were the last guy with me on Saturday night. – entry in Father's Day essay contest: 'You're a Father If ...' 

Executive Intelligence Summary

We insist our soul is not for sale – as if the owner would tell us.

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From those to whom many security clearances are granted, not much shall be expected.

●  Secret 0.831.  Any Russian definition of maskirovka is an instance of it.

●  A true friend is like a shining star: giving warmth and light, and through the years causing collagen and elastin fibers in our skin to deteriorate significantly unless we avoid overexposure.

●  Everybody line up and form an ascending spiral. – Universal Intelligence Estimate

●  I googled the quote 'Power means not having to respond.'  Nothing happened.

Motivational Secret of the Week

It's all good, where 'it' {N | N = nonlethal}.

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There's a suppository for that.

●  Secret 205.  One intelligence analyst's Analytic Outreach is another's nonconsensual groping.

●  Got in trouble at work for posting pictures of my wife naked.  Next time I'll at least wear sweatpants.

●  I've never quite been comfortable with the fact that lionesses raise the young and do all the hunting, while the lions lay around all day in the shade.

... I mean, shouldn't the lionesses be fanning the lions? – Who Killed the Covert Comic?

●  I am partial to no vested interests.  Give me lingeried interests every time.

Executive Intelligence Summary

The difference between friends and computers: friends ask first if they can hang and crash.