Heard Tell w/ Andrew Donaldson for 02MAR22

State of the Union, Burn Pits, Texas Votes, & The Cyber War That Wasn’t w/guest John McCumber

Heard Tell for Wednesday, March 2nd, 2022 is turning down the noise and getting to the information we need about President Biden’s State of the Union address, and how after waiting for years for more public awareness and government acknowledgement of the burn pit situation veterans watch the issue get hijacked by opportunistic members of congress, ongoing news media narratives, social media priors, and the usual partisan caterwauling. Guest John McCumber puts his cybersecurity expert hat back on and returns to Heard Tell to talk about the cyber war that wasn’t in Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, why the online battle isn’t going the way most experts thought it would, and the players involved. John delves into how information and real time social media coverage are changing warfare, helping Ukraine win the propaganda war, and how — while the technology makes it new and different — cybersecurity is really just the latest twist on the oldest of human problems. We also ask John as a retired officer from the Cold War era to contrast the old Soviet Union, the current version of Russia, and what the past can tell us about the future. Plus, Texas had their primary yesterday, we will note two races of interests there, and a great…