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B )) Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social - 2h J 2. A memo distributed by NSA leadership to its staff says that on February 10, all NSA websites and internal network pages that contain banned words will be deleted This is the list of 27 banned words distributed to NSA staff: Bias DEI Diversity Diverse Confirmation Bias Equity Equitableness Feminism Gender Gender Identity Inclusion Inclusive All-Inclusive Inclusivity Injustice Intersectionality Prejudice Privilege Racial Identity Sexuality Stereotypes ["]] O 240 2 1.4K Q 1.8K 00 >) Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social - 2h

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B )) Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social - 2h J 2. A memo distributed by NSA leadership to its staff says that on February 10, all NSA websites and internal network pages that contain banned words will be deleted This is the list of 27 banned words distributed to NSA staff: Bias DEI Diversity Diverse Confirmation Bias Equity Equitableness Feminism Gender Gender Identity Inclusion Inclusive All-Inclusive Inclusivity Injustice Intersectionality Prejudice Privilege Racial Identity Sexuality Stereotypes ["]] O 240 2 1.4K Q 1.8K 00 >) Judd Legum @juddlegum.bsky.social - 2h
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BrianKrebs (briankrebs@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 11-Feb-2025 04:29:40 JST BrianKrebs

Judd Legum writes: "Today, the NSA is planning a "Big Delete" of websites and internal network content that contain any of 27 banned words, including "privilege," "bias," and "inclusion," a NSA source tells Popular Information."
"The massive purge is creating chaos, taking down "mission-related" work"
https://bsky.app/profile/juddlegum.bsky.social/post/3lhtdftmwvk2i
https://popular.info/p/the-nsas-big-delete
The list of prohibited words is kinda bonkers, not least of which because it totally ignores the fact that some of these are actually technical terms of art in intel gathering and cybersecurity. For example: "confirmation bias," "privilege," "equity."

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