{"id":2573,"date":"2016-01-20T14:26:40","date_gmt":"2016-01-20T20:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thiemeworks.com\/?p=2573"},"modified":"2021-05-04T15:11:24","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T20:11:24","slug":"the-only-way-to-tell-the-truth-is-in-fiction-the-dynamics-of-life-in-the-national-security-state-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thiemeworks.com\/videos\/the-only-way-to-tell-the-truth-is-in-fiction-the-dynamics-of-life-in-the-national-security-state-3\/","title":{"rendered":"The Only Way to Tell the Truth is in Fiction: The Dynamics of Life in the National Security State"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Keynote for Code Blue 2015 in Tokyo – “The Only Way to Tell the Truth is in Fiction: The Dynamics of Life in the National Security State” is now online at<\/p>\n

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Over a decade ago, a friend at the National Security Agency told Richard Thieme that he could address the core issues they discussed in a context of “ethical considerations for intelligence and security professionals” only if he wrote fiction. “It’s the only way you can tell the truth,” he said.<\/p>\n

Three dozen published short stories and one novel-in-progress (FOAM) later, one result is “Mind Games,” published in 2010 by Duncan Long Publishing, a collection of stories that illuminates \u201cnon-consensual realities:\u201d the world of hackers; the worlds of intelligence professionals; encounters with other intelligent life forms; and deeper states of consciousness.<\/p>\n

A recent scholarly study of \u201cThe Covert Sphere\u201d by Timothy Melley documents the way the growth and influence of the intelligence community since World War 2 has created precisely the reality to which that NSA veteran pointed. The source of much of what \u201coutsiders\u201d believe is communicated through novels, movies, and television programs. But even IC \u201cinsiders\u201d rely on those sources, as compartmentalization prevents the big picture from coming together because few inside have a \u201cneed to know.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thieme asked a historian at the NSA what historical events they could discuss with a reasonable expectation that their words denoted the same details. \u201cAnything up to 1945,\u201d the historian said with a laugh \u2013 but he wasn\u2019t kidding.<\/p>\n

Point taken.<\/p>\n

This fascinating presentation illuminates the mobius strip on which all of us walk as we make our way through the labyrinth of security and intelligence worlds we inhabit of necessity, all of us some of the time and some of us all of the time. It discloses why \u201cpost-modernism\u201d is not an affectation but a necessary condition of modern life. It addresses the response of an intelligence analyst at NSA who responded to one of Thieme’s stories by saying, \u201cmost of this isn\u2019t fiction, but you have to know which part to have the key to the code.\u201d This talk does not provide that key, but it does provide the key to the key and throws into relief everything else you hear \u2013 whether from the platform or in the hallways \u2013 inside this conference or any other conference – and out there in the \u201creal world.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNothing is what it seem.\u201d
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A Keynote for Code Blue - Tokyo Japan 2015<\/a>
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Keynote for Code Blue 2015 in Tokyo - \"The Only Way to Tell the Truth is in Fiction: The Dynamics of Life in the National Security State\" is now online at<\/p>

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Over a decade ago, a friend at the National Security Agency told Richard Thieme that he could address the core issues they discussed in a context of \"ethical considerations for intelligence and security professionals\" only if he wrote fiction. \"It's the only way you can tell the truth,\" he said.<\/p>

Three dozen published short stories and one novel-in-progress (FOAM) later, one result is \"Mind Games,\" published in 2010 by Duncan Long Publishing, a collection of stories that illuminates \u201cnon-consensual realities:\u201d the world of hackers; the worlds of intelligence professionals; encounters with other intelligent life forms; and deeper states of consciousness.<\/p>

A recent scholarly study of \u201cThe Covert Sphere\u201d by Timothy Melley documents the way the growth and influence of the intelligence community since World War 2 has created precisely the reality to which that NSA veteran pointed. The source of much of what \u201coutsiders\u201d believe is communicated through novels, movies, and television programs. But even IC \u201cinsiders\u201d rely on those sources, as compartmentalization prevents the big picture from coming together because few inside have a \u201cneed to know.\u201d<\/p>

Thieme asked a historian at the NSA what historical events they could discuss with a reasonable expectation that their words denoted the same details. \u201cAnything up to 1945,\u201d the historian said with a laugh \u2013 but he wasn\u2019t kidding.<\/p>

Point taken.<\/p>

This fascinating presentation illuminates the mobius strip on which all of us walk as we make our way through the labyrinth of security and intelligence worlds we inhabit of necessity, all of us some of the time and some of us all of the time. It discloses why \u201cpost-modernism\u201d is not an affectation but a necessary condition of modern life. It addresses the response of an intelligence analyst at NSA who responded to one of Thieme's stories by saying, \u201cmost of this isn\u2019t fiction, but you have to know which part to have the key to the code.\u201d This talk does not provide that key, but it does provide the key to the key and throws into relief everything else you hear \u2013 whether from the platform or in the hallways \u2013 inside this conference or any other conference - and out there in the \u201creal world.\u201d<\/p>

\u201cNothing is what it seem.\u201d<\/p>","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[42],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thiemeworks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thiemeworks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thiemeworks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thiemeworks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thiemeworks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thiemeworks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2573\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thiemeworks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thiemeworks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thiemeworks.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}