Columbia Supporters --

Thank you again for you all of your support of the book! The campaign has 21 days to go in order to hit the 500 pre-order goal and we are closing in on 50%. If you could share the campaign with friends and colleagues, I would be most grateful.

Please also send along any questions about the book or suggestions for future updates. I have heard from a lot of supporters that they enjoyed the George Washington/Whiskey Rebellion update and so I will have another historical update coming soon.

Meantime, I poked the Russian bear in my last message to you. In fairness, the bear poked me first, and you don't have to be a former intelligence officer to get poked by that particular bear. 

Today's update concludes in the form of a Public Service Announcement. 

Anyone's data can be breached these days. In fact, your data probably already has been compromised. If you want to avoid FSB apparatchiks setting up fake Instagram accounts for you, might I strongly suggest you proceed to https://haveibeenpwned.com and check whether your data might have been compromised in previous data breaches. 

Other tips from the pros: 

- Enable two-factor authentication whenever possible, 

- Never use the same password twice,

- Never use any password that is predictable/guessable (birthdays, etc.),

- Use a random password generator (I like and use Roboform),

Thank you again for your support of the book!

Best,

Joe