The release of a heavily redacted table of contents from the secret cybersecurity research journal JSCoRE highlights the audacity of a hermetically sealed intelligence community that feels free to call this homegrown publication “widely-recognized, high-quality” because, well, trust us. That it is similarly deemed to be “peer-reviewed” adds another layer of chutzpah to the illusion of academic respectability. A secret journal is a kaffeeklatsch, not a scientific forum. Like a tinpot dictator pinning medals on his own chest because, well, he can, the editors of JSCoRE need only fear the rolling of eyeballs beyond their secure palace.
