Trove of Stolen Data Is Said to Include Top-Secret U.S. Hacking Tools

Re:Trove of Stolen Data Is Said to Include Top-Secret U.S. H... by bsder on Wednesday October 19, 2016 @11:14PM (#12749540)

So, basically, it looks like there's a reasonable probability that this guy isn't the leaker.

I know that if I wanted to actually blow the whistle on somebody like the NSA, I would make sure to plant the evidence on somebody else to give them a juicy target to latch onto.

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Re:Trove of Stolen Data Is Said to Include Top-Secret U.S. H... by thingexplainer on Thursday October 20, 2016 @12:17AM (#12749703)

How principled of you to ruin someone's career and let them spend the rest of their life in prison.

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Re:Trove of Stolen Data Is Said to Include Top-Secret U.S. H... by bsder on Thursday October 20, 2016 @02:21AM (#12750088)

I turned down working for the NSA so I wouldn't even be in the position to have to worry about things like that, thanks.

We should be talking about the fact whistleblowers need legal protection. The current treatment of whistleblowers leaves those who wish to defend the principles of the country no good options.

We should also be talking about how easy it is to frame someone and have them found guilty. The fact that we both have zero problem believing that it's that easy to set someone up should be terrifying.

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Re:Trove of Stolen Data Is Said to Include Top-Secret U.S. H... by abelM on Thursday October 20, 2016 @11:22AM (#12753090)

With all sorts of current issues, I wouldn't be surprised if the poor guy was the fall guy. Heck, the guy was part of an elite team for NSA and at some point you have take your work home so you could finish it after dinner or over the weekend. Given the circumstances the story doesn't add up looking at it from software perspective to the least.

If he was the one (with full proof) trying to sell secrets then I won't blink twice.

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