Montgomery Sapone – ZERO ANTHROPOLOGY

On the lighter side of darkness: “I LUV A MAN IN A UNIFORM!” is back

Many thanks to a student who, while reading “Do Pentagon Studs Make You Want to Bite Your Fist?” — “Pentagon Diva,” a pseudonymous Washington government employee who admires “studly guys in uniform slinging rifles” and runs a hilarious blog titled I Luv A Man In a Uniform, has apparently been outed in a recent issue […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

Where are the Pueblo Clowns?

Dedicated to my colleague and comrade, John Stanton, and to myself. “Isn’t it rich? Are we a pair?” This comes from David H. Price, “Anthropologists as Spies,” The Nation, November 2, 2000: Archeologist Joe Watkins, chairman of the ethics committee, believes that if an anthropologist were caught spying today, “the AAA would not do anything […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

The McFarce Continues: Pravda publishes a second scathing article on the Human Terrain System; McFate feted by fliers

Two pieces of news here. The first is that a second article by John Stanton has just been published by Pravda titled, “US Army’s Human Terrain System: From Super Concept to Absolute Farce.” The second has to do with Montgomery McFate recently becoming a celebrity on city telephone poles. Continued. Read Part I of the […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

Secrecy, Anonymity, Spying, and Lying: An Overview of the “Ethics” of HTS Infiltration (1.2)

Sir: In his war address to Congress, President Wilson dealt at great length on the theory that only autocracies maintain spies; that these are not needed in democracies. At the time that the President made this statement, the Government of the United States had in its employ spies of unknown number. I am not concerned […]

by Maximilian C. Forte

A SPY IN OUR MIDST: Montgomery Sapone/Montgomery McFate

This should confirm many allegations that have been circulating concerning the role of Montgomery McFate as a spy, who in part traded on her credentials as an anthropologist. It should serve, on the other hand, as a wake-up call to those anthropologists who, perhaps a little young and naive, are not quite aware of what […]