Which is why the Department of Defense’s design choice for Project Maven’s official seal seems so very bizarre. The official seal for the Algorithmic Warfare Cross-Functional Team, aka Project ...

The Department of Defense Seal on a podium at the Pentagon in Washington. The Pentagon updated Directive 5240.01, a document setting out how military intelligence could be used by local law ...

The US Department of Defense(DOD) seal is seen on the lecturn in the media briefing room at the Pentagon December 12, 2013 in Washington, DC. (AUL J. RICHARDS/AFP via Getty Image) ...