https://www.michaeldavidthomas.com/mdt daily 1.0 2024-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5396786ee4b092ec9573416e/1716723270163-H6PI911ZXNI3CTKQH56P/IMG_7762.jpg Michael David Thomas - IMG_7762.jpg https://www.michaeldavidthomas.com/contact daily 0.75 2020-01-18 https://www.michaeldavidthomas.com/gumbo daily 0.75 2025-03-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5396786ee4b092ec9573416e/1594039794767-LTFNUM8TJYCSH8IIC2P5/tumblr_inline_p7fwrgMFmM1qz752m_500.png GUMBO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5396786ee4b092ec9573416e/1594039852579-NJSCF0HPZ2C47UBDGLAX/tumblr_inline_p7fwrhrps81qz752m_500.png GUMBO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5396786ee4b092ec9573416e/1594039600853-A4S2CTE1DJB0ABWF1AJA/tumblr_inline_p7fwrc2vmN1qz752m_500.png GUMBO The Thomases https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5396786ee4b092ec9573416e/1594039879597-9XX2U03WQ7YRYK739GP4/tumblr_inline_p7fwrisI0T1qz752m_500.png GUMBO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5396786ee4b092ec9573416e/1594039946635-DIBNQ9H5T9DWHY7O7I6J/tumblr_inline_p7fwrkQOBk1qz752m_500.png GUMBO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5396786ee4b092ec9573416e/1594039721593-8LB2ALYWF1J4TGKT5I00/tumblr_inline_p7fwreoVUn1qz752m_500.png GUMBO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5396786ee4b092ec9573416e/1594039905747-S9SDC4PWIWJ9KKEP7K0E/tumblr_inline_p7fwrjHVIW1qz752m_500.png GUMBO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5396786ee4b092ec9573416e/1594040101389-ELLLASVM8PFETBYHMKO8/tumblr_inline_p7fwrpuIVM1qz752m_500.png GUMBO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5396786ee4b092ec9573416e/1594039978670-0J5RO9RKYX78N7WO9FOS/tumblr_inline_p7fwrkBgOL1qz752m_500.png GUMBO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5396786ee4b092ec9573416e/1594039757163-PAJJHZKYTYUWUT10JNNU/tumblr_inline_p7fwrf9Dk91qz752m_500.png GUMBO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5396786ee4b092ec9573416e/1594039827306-SZO8A5LINU4LEU312P4Q/tumblr_inline_p7fwrhdsqJ1qz752m_500.png GUMBO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5396786ee4b092ec9573416e/1594040171818-S8ZARFRAWM4O915JDL1S/tumblr_inline_p7fwraNmX31qz752m_500.png GUMBO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5396786ee4b092ec9573416e/1594039647366-3EAMY0C1DAHEQO5TH23Q/tumblr_inline_p7fwrcuOJK1qz752m_500.png GUMBO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5396786ee4b092ec9573416e/1594040033273-MZ8C5SEV99LJX9CSP93V/tumblr_inline_p7fwrlg0wt1qz752m_500.png GUMBO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5396786ee4b092ec9573416e/1594039685902-QUXG1SU5XEK4JH1DH7AJ/tumblr_inline_p7fwrd6CR01qz752m_500.png GUMBO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5396786ee4b092ec9573416e/1594040269110-22MYU2UG8HHEC3N0N4UO/tumblr_inline_p7fwraNmX31qz752m_500.png GUMBO - Let’s Make GUMBO This is how we do it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5396786ee4b092ec9573416e/1594040071840-25G6ZVZUOZDQ90146979/tumblr_inline_p7fwro4ZTG1qz752m_500.png GUMBO https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5396786ee4b092ec9573416e/1594040139186-7TXS6WF9KPOZJCB7WNE0/tumblr_inline_p7fwrpwco21qz752m_500.png GUMBO https://www.michaeldavidthomas.com/biscuits daily 0.75 2024-11-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5396786ee4b092ec9573416e/1593880034820-PU8R0ZHO3TDGYXB21TL9/IMG_5878.jpeg BISCUITS - Let’s Make BISCUITS These are classic layered, flakey biscuits. Start to finish takes about an hour. Dough can be prepped in advance and kept refrigerated. About 15 minutes total cooking time. Yield is 7 to 10 biscuits. https://www.michaeldavidthomas.com/digital daily 0.75 2024-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5396786ee4b092ec9573416e/1596031122406-CMGU5YL45DZ2H7RUEORW/Screen+Shot+2020-07-29+at+9.58.26+AM.png DIGITAL PROJECTS - CHAMPIONING INTELLIGENCE.GOV I proposed the redevelopment of, and led all inter-agency coordination, content, and design efforts for Intelligence.gov, a signature transparency effort for the IC, devoted to exceptional digital storytelling. Intelligence.gov has since earned multiple media excellence awards for both design and video production. It was called “the best thing we’ve ever done” by former Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, Sue Gordon. Listen to an audio interview with me about the debut of Intelligence.gov. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5396786ee4b092ec9573416e/b5a27cac-497f-4b5d-8168-d4a8ad06a935/BLB.png DIGITAL PROJECTS - BUILDING BIN LADEN’S BOOKSHELF I crafted the communication strategy for the first public release of documents retrieved during the raid on Osama bin Laden’s Pakistan compound. Over 48 hours, the release generated nearly double DNI’s website traffic for the entire previous calendar year. My analytic report on the launch was briefed directly to DNI Clapper who then shared it personally with President Obama as a part of his daily intelligence brief. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5396786ee4b092ec9573416e/c4279b19-54d6-48e3-a9d9-4a09d09d0867/adp_footer_b.png DIGITAL PROJECTS - DEVELOPING DECLASSIFICATION DIPLOMACY: Working with the White House National Security Council, I orchestrated the public presentation for the Argentina Declassification Project, the largest-ever govt-to-govt declassification in U.S. history, which was credited as ushering in the age of “declassification diplomacy.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5396786ee4b092ec9573416e/f5fe6514-12a8-4c30-ba70-4b6de4dbd12e/Screen+Shot+2022-09-04+at+10.26.37+AM.png DIGITAL PROJECTS - REVEALING THE EVOLUTION OF ESPIONAGE IN AMERICA From its conception, I guided the design and development of the “The Evolution of Espionage in America” digital exhibit, which adapts the Intelligence Coounity’s “Wall of Spies” museum into a world-class online resource, using the lens of history to establish understanding and trust in the IC’s counter-intelligence mission. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5396786ee4b092ec9573416e/88ff8a71-7095-4130-9130-75cbab1464df/Screen+Shot+2022-09-04+at+10.32.16+AM.png DIGITAL PROJECTS - THE TET OFFENSIVE AT 50 On behalf of the Director of national Intelligence I conceived and led the development for the digital presentation of newly released government records relating to the Vietnam War’s Tet Offensive, combining original documents with deep historical context in a rich, multimedia presentation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5396786ee4b092ec9573416e/1377eee8-2628-4136-a9e5-481e7e626feb/obama.png DIGITAL PROJECTS - CREATING IC ON THE RECORD I conceived and created “IC on the Record” in August 2013, at the direction of President Obama, using the then highly novel Tumblr platform to provide a rapid response vehicle for the IC in the wake of the Edward Snowden’s unauthorized disclosures of classified information. President Obama announced the launch of IC on the Record in an August 9, 2013, press conference.