DYNAMIC PAGE -- HIGHEST POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION IS TOP SECRET // SI / TK // REL TO USA AUS CAN GBR NZL (U) Number 9... Number 9... FROM: the SIDtoday Editor Run Date: 03/30/2012 (U) There are nine justices on the Supreme Court... nine innings in baseball... the " curse of the ninth " [symphony] in classical music... and we can add one more notable "nine" to the list: SID today is about to celebrate its ninth anniversary! (The publication was launched on March 31, 2003.) (U) To mark this occasion, we present the tongue-in-cheek top 9 reasons to read SIDtoday : 9. Avoid giving that deer-in-the-headlights look at the office staff meeting when someone refers to a recently posted SID today article and you have no clue what they are talking about. slice of vanilla birthday cake 8. One of these days they'll slip up and publish an article divulging the super-secret SIGINT handshake. 7. You might find out what those shadowy people on the other side of the partition are really up to. 6. In her next column, Zelda might address a situation happening in your own office! 5. Be the first to find out about limited-seating events, so you can quickly snag your spot. 4. You can see pictures of the high-level managers. That way, if a couple of them happen to come into your office, you won't ask them what their business is here and threaten to call security. 3. Look busy while you are drinking your morning coffee. 2. It's more interesting than reading DRYINGPAINT today . 1. Since there's no centralized SID water cooler (and the beer machines in the cafeteria are long gone), it's how you find out what's going on! (U) But seriously, we extend our sincere thanks to everyone who has contributed an article (all 4,543 of them) to SID today these past nine years. Bravo! "(U//FOUO) SIDtoday articles may not be republished or reposted outside NSANet without the consent of S0121 (DL sid comms)." DYNAMIC PAGE -- HIGHEST POSSIBLE CLASSIFICATION IS TOP SECRET // SI / TK // REL TO USA AUS CAN GBR NZL DERIVED FROM: NSA/CSSM 1-52, DATED 08 JAN 2007 DECLASSIFY ON: 20320108