This week will be my last as executive editor at Fed Tech Bisnow.  I gave notice this past week, and am preparing to return to the life I left to take the job–that of an independent freelancer.  I’ve worked as a freelancer on and off for the past two decades, and my brief sojourn as a staff editor at Bisnow’s vast publishing empire served to remind me that I have become somewhat attached to the risk, reward, and flexibility of being an independent.  I salute the Bisnow team as they continue their relentless march forward toward business world e-newsletter domination.

You’ve heard about Syria’s continuing crackdown on “Arab Spring” protesters.  Now it looks like someone in Syria is making a ham-handed attempt to infiltrate Facebook accounts to identify people to round up: the EFF has identified a Syrian Man-In-The-Middle Attack against Facebook .