My buddy greywar has put some things up on eBay: Link It's interesting to me, and will continue to be so if he continues to list things. The XBox is of particular note; I'm surprised he didn't mention whether it had been in combat operations or not, or that it at least had gone to Germany. (Unless this is another XBox, one I haven't met.) And I have to figure out whether I want to buy it or not.

An interesting article that puts the lie to what many in my unit have been telling soldiers who are getting out: "Intelligence jobs are drying up." Granted, many jobs that require clearances aren't strictly jobs in the intelligence field. Most of them do stem from the events on and after 9/11, though. The article is a good overview of what the three levels of clearance (Confidential, Secret, Top Secret) can get you, and even touches on the two other classifications (Special Access Pro...