From helicopter repairman to leader of the Internet’s ‘darkest reaches’: The life and times of 8chan owner Jim Watkins

September 12, 2019

Jim Watkins, however, has sought to bring in money in other ways, including through a book-narration company, books.audio. Many of the narrators — who have provided English-language voicing for books on the Mediterranean diet and how to “use your body fluids in magic ritual” — are people who have worked with Watkins on other ventures, and almost all of them appear to work under pseudonyms. (For some of the titles he narrated, Watkins used the name “A.J.”)

https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/09/12/helicopter-repairman-leader-internets-darkest-reaches-life-times-chan-owner-jim-watkins/

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The most secret of secret units

With the spotlight shining brightly on the Joint Special Operations Command, several of its component units have receded further into the shadows. As secretive as the Army and Navy special missions units are — here I'm talking about the units popularly known as SEAL Team Six and Delta Force — they are relatively easy to write about compared to their cousin, known informally as The Activity. As ABC News reports, The Activity's missions will now be told in comic book form:

https://theweek.com/articles/466307/most-secret-secret-units

Intelligence Support Activity

The United States Army Intelligence Support Activity (USAISA), frequently shortened to Intelligence Support Activity, or Mission Support Activity, nicknamed The Activity, the Army of Northern Virginia,[1] or Office of Military Support, and operationally known as Task Force Orange,[2][3][4] or less often Task Force Mandarin[4] is a United States Army Special Operations unit which serves as an intelligence gathering special mission unit[5][6][7] of Joint Special Operations Command. Originally subordinated to the US Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM), it is one of the least known intelligence components of the United States military,[2] tasked with collecting actionable intelligence during or prior to missions by other US special operations forces, particularly other tier one special mission units including 1st SFOD-D and DEVGRU.[2]

The unit is known by many names, USAISA was the official name of the unit from 1981 to 1989; previously it was known as the Field Operations Group (FOG), created in September 1980.

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