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Section 5 "National security directions" seems like an extremely good reason for staying well clear.

Some people's politics prevents any kind of public sector work, maybe Miles is referring to that. In general I think people should resist immediate armchair cynicism.

You said "this is not tied to the military" and yet section 5 fairly clearly states that "national security" imperatives can direct the activity of the agency. <@UFPPABQ7P> click through on the pdf link for the text.

My politics very definitely _don't_ preclude public sector work. However, they make me choosy about what public sector initiatives I would want to be involved in. "National security" is certainly broader than "military", but it includes it and a lot of other (from my PoV) objectionable things besides.

(For future reference, this thread is a reply to this <https://futureofcoding.slack.com/archives/C5U3SEW6A/p1615977400006700|other thread> about Dominic Cummings' ARIA idea. And since Cummings is a figure the discussion of whom has previously been rather rocky, I'd like to remind everyone of the <https://futureofcoding.org/member-handbook|Member Handbook> and the <https://github.com/futureofcoding/code-of-conduct|Code of Conduct>. Cheers! I'm here if you need me.)