Me & Mrs. Jones

28. October 2008 by Revelator.

For years I’ve been trying to work this song into one of my presentations at the National OPSEC Conference but I haven’t had any luck yet. Unfortunately, the draft of the 2009 speech doesn’t look good for it either so I’m gonna see of I can do something with it here in this forum. It’s such a kick-ass song I have to do something with it - if for no other reason than to honor Billy Paul and the song that made him an R&B Icon. So it is finally time that we look at this song from an OPSEC perspective…

Me and Mrs. Jones
We got a thing goin’ on - Critical Information List item # 1 “Knowledge of an Affair.”
We both know that it’s wrong - CIL item # 2 “Personnel Vulnerabilities.”
But it’s much too strong to let it go now - CIL item # 3 “Operational Commitment to Objective.”

We meet every day at the same café - Huge vulnerability.
Six-thirty and no one knows she’ll be there - Oh, they know Dude - they know.
Holding hands, making all kinds of plans - OPSEC Cardinal rule # 1 – Don’t talk shop in public.
While the juke box plays our favorite songs - An extra indicator for those blind agents out there who are only going on sound and were too far away to hear them “making all kinds of plans.”

Me and Mrs. Jones - On the plus side, her real name is Mary Smith.
We got a thing goin’ on - Not for long if Dude and “Mrs. Jones” don’t start using OPSEC.
We both know that it’s wrong
But it’s much to strong
To let it go now

We gotta be extra careful - See? Some people just talk OPSEC without actually using it.
That we don’t build our hopes up to high - At this rate Dude, you’ll never get to that promised land
Because she’s got her own obligations
And so, and so, do I - Even though he is “talking around” the subject it would be easy for a trained analyst to decipher. For example “Obligation” translates to “husband and seven kids.”

Me and Mrs. Jones
We got a thing goin’ on - Oh, now he’s just getting cocky. And can’t we assume he is singing this to a friend? A friend perhaps without a “need to know?”
We both know that it’s wrong - Trust me, when you know it’s wrong you really, really need to lay some OPSEC on it.
But it’s much to strong
To let it go now
Well it’s time for us to be leaving - Seriously? More stereotyped activities?
It hurts so much, it hurts so much inside - Your enemy is about to walk in and make it hurt on the outside Dude.
Now she’ll go her way and I’ll go mine - Any one wanna bet they take the same route home every day?
Tomorrow we’ll meet - At a new place? A new time? No juke box? No talking about plans?
The same place, the same time - Figures – some people just never learn.

Me and Mrs. Jones
We got a thing goin’ on
We both know that it’s wrong
But it’s much to strong
To let it go now

Epilog: It seems that “Mr. Jones” was cheating on “Mrs. Jones” also and couldn’t care less about her and Dude. He knew about it of course – EVERYONE knew about it…but no one cared. You see, “Mr. Jones” was “Mrs. Jones” 5th husband. “Mrs. Jones” had seven kids, had done time in Joliet on several Domestic Abuse and Fraud charges and three of her husbands had passed away under suspicious circumstances. So, uh…no – “Mr. Jones” was pretty cool with “Mrs. Jones” doing Dude every day at the café. Three days later Dude disappeared never to be heard from again. This brings me to something I’ve said all along…the biggest threat to your security is the insider threat.

Keep the Faith!
Revelator

Me and Mrs. Jones – Billy Paul

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