http://blog.wired.com/defense/iron_eagles/index.html -------------------------------------------snip The idea wasn't to make a vaguely-menacing, sometimes-silly testament to the Pentagon's far-reaching spy powers; quite the opposite. This Defense Intelligence Agency promotional video was supposed to be a way for the group to explain to the rest of the military-industrial complex "who we are and what we do." But to outsider ears, the clip just alternates between goofy and creepy.
"DIA intelligence analysts, working with the CIA, the State Department, and other government agencies, maintain comprehensive knowledge bases, in an effort to know something about everything, at all times," a Navy narrator says. Oddly, he's holding a teeny-tiny globe in his hands. Then he tosses the globe to a dude in a trenchcoat. He explains that DIA isn't just interested in enemy armies, terrorists, and narco-traffickers. "Foreign politics, global economics, and geographic, medical, and health issues" all come under the agency's watchful eye, as well. So does forest fires, volcanic eruptions, and environmental hazards. Oh, and DIA "reaches out to foreign nationals on the street," too. Is that Times Square they're showing in the background? Now, this is hardly the worst footage to come out of the military-industrial complex. It may not even be the worst film made for DIA -- check out this hard-rockin' clunker. Truth is, the larger defense community is packed with promotional videos that are weirdly unnerving, unintentionally hilarious, or just plain crappily made. -raghu. -- "I have the heart of a child... in a jar on my desk." - Stephen King _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
