CIA malware and hacking tools

Re:CIA malware and hacking tools by jessedhillon on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @02:10PM (#13813580)

This is why we have intelligence -- the evidence for almost anything of consequence will never be able to meet a judicial, syllogistic standard. The idea that we need mathematically perfect deduction before we can make actionable conclusions is an assumption on your part.

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Re:CIA malware and hacking tools by rand83746 on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @03:26AM (#13818841)

And the people inside the government to whom the intelligence is provided have every right to trust the source. However, to us in the public, we don't know these people, and have zero reason to trust them, absent actual factual evidence. What, you wouldn't put it past them to lie all the sudden?

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Re:CIA malware and hacking tools by jessedhillon on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @01:27PM (#13822346)

The logical end of that position is that states aren't allowed to keep secrets, which you are welcome to believe is possible, but it's not the world I believe we live in.

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