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From the Ted Talk by Thomas Barnett: Let's rethink America's military strategy

Unscramble the Blue Letters


Last point, itlnneegcile community — the mslcue and the defense agencies go this way. What should be the CIA, open, analytical, open source should come over here. The information you need to do this is not screet. It's not secret. Read that great piece in the New Yorker about how our echo boomers, 19 to 25, over in Iraq taught each other how to do Sys Admin work, over the Internet in chat rmoos. They said, "Al qadea could be listening." They said, "Well, Jesus, they already know this suftf."

(Laughter)

Take a gift in the left hand. These are the sunglasses that don't scare people, simple stuff. coernss and transparency, the overheads go in both directions.

Open Cloze


Last point, ____________ community — the ______ and the defense agencies go this way. What should be the CIA, open, analytical, open source should come over here. The information you need to do this is not ______. It's not secret. Read that great piece in the New Yorker about how our echo boomers, 19 to 25, over in Iraq taught each other how to do Sys Admin work, over the Internet in chat _____. They said, "Al _____ could be listening." They said, "Well, Jesus, they already know this _____."

(Laughter)

Take a gift in the left hand. These are the sunglasses that don't scare people, simple stuff. _______ and transparency, the overheads go in both directions.

Solution


  1. secret
  2. censors
  3. muscle
  4. qaeda
  5. rooms
  6. stuff
  7. intelligence

Original Text


Last point, intelligence community — the muscle and the defense agencies go this way. What should be the CIA, open, analytical, open source should come over here. The information you need to do this is not secret. It's not secret. Read that great piece in the New Yorker about how our echo boomers, 19 to 25, over in Iraq taught each other how to do Sys Admin work, over the Internet in chat rooms. They said, "Al Qaeda could be listening." They said, "Well, Jesus, they already know this stuff."

(Laughter)

Take a gift in the left hand. These are the sunglasses that don't scare people, simple stuff. Censors and transparency, the overheads go in both directions.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


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Important Words


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