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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25. April 2008 by Revelator.

Layne “The Revelator” Marino has asked me to pass along the following message:

He’s alive, well, and will be back blogging soon. He’s currently TDY conducting OPSEC training, and is looking forward to checking in again.

Look forward to his next blog soon!

Chris Cox, OSPA President

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22. January 2008 by Revelator.

This will be the day when all of God’s children will be able to sing with a new meaning, “My country, ’tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim’s pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring.”

And if America is to be a great nation this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!

Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado!

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California!

But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia!

Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee!

Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring.

And when this happens, when we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, “Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!”

Martin Luther King, Jr.

August 28, 1963

Keep the Faith!

Revelator

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9. November 2007 by Revelator.

Good Day All - This is The Revelator and I’m here to tell you that The Godfather of OPSEC (Don Sidro) and I have taken over this blog. While it didn’t necessarily take much coersion to force the OSPA Prez to hand it over we still bumped chests and high fived at his willing submission.
Don Sidro and I will be the main contributers to this blog. While we think we have a great deal to contribute to the OPSEC community at large we understand that you will need changes of pace every once in a while and to that end we promise to invite many distinguished personnel from the OPSEC world to contribute guest entries. Also, if you feel you have something to contribute beyond a comment and would like to be a guest contributor please let us know.
Via this blog we will attempt to keep you up to date on OSPA happenings as well as happenings in the OPSEC world in general. We also hope to stimulate your OPSEC brain with musings about the state of the OPSEC world and anything else OPSEC related that floats across our consciousness.
Please feel free to comment as much as you want as often as you want.
Have a great OPSEC day and always remember to keep the faith!
Revelator

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25. October 2007 by Revelator.

Welcome to the official OSPA OPSEC blog! Semi-daily postings will discuss any issues relating to Operations Security, commonly known as OPSEC.

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