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'''Cobalt and Baby Blue-on-Blue''' is a metaphorical framework developed by Eric Weinstein that describes interactions between institutional state actors (termed '''Cobalt Blue''') and civilians or non-institutional actors (termed '''Baby Blue''') when the latter inadvertently interfere with, uncover, or challenge covert or sensitive state operations. The term extends and adapts military language—particularly ''Blue-on-Blue'' (friendly fire)—to describe asymmetric encounters between classified power structures and the general public in information or governance domains.

This framework was popularized in informal discourse to explore epistemic asymmetries, informal censorship, reputational control mechanisms, and the state's response to unsanctioned civilian inquiry into protected operational or narrative domains.