I think parent is saying this would be an interesting way to mine a population for marks that could be espionage targets with easily identifiable special needs susceptible to temptation by foreign entities for nefarious goals. Did I make that obtuse enough or what? :D
The same is true for almost every subject intended to generate massive response, and less is more for news crews - less actual details allows them to push required/desired narrative to the listening crowd. Sometimes it's borderline disgusting (
Or this is bullshit, plain and simple . You don't think outgoing connections are unproxied and unmonitored at GRU (GRU, of all things ? This is military intelligence, BTW) , do you ?
Have you worked with the US Gov't in any capacity?
They are just regular people. It's not a world of super spies. I am sure GRU is not that much different. Even the top folks eat corn flakes like everyone else.
People make mistakes all the time.
This might be bullshit but just saying so is hardly a compelling argument. I will wait for more evidence one way or another myself, with the obvious disclaimer that anything could be bullshit.
Where's 8 year long trail of posts shaming and blaming previous administration and personally pres. Obama for those actions ? I see hypocrisy reigning supreme since Jan 20, from both sides.
I do however think that Trump is an extreme problem, but also a foreseeable one. I think it's revisionist history to say that Obama's terrible presidency got due attention on HN or anywhere else. Democracy Now! was one of the few outlets that did though, so kudos for posting them.
