CIA malware and hacking tools

Re:CIA malware and hacking tools by huffmsa on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @04:56PM (#13815398)

And that's when you laugh and cite https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/793 subsection (e) wherein you have never transmitted nor believed the documents in question to be harmful to the defense of the United States.

Especially in this case as these are all offensive tools.

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Re:CIA malware and hacking tools by vanattab on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @11:20PM (#13817867)

The other commenter is right. The government can deny a clearance for more or less any reason they choose. With that being said I did laugh and read the news articles anyway. Never caused me any problems but who knows maybe this comment will.

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Re:CIA malware and hacking tools by johncolanduoni on Tuesday March 07, 2017 @07:09PM (#13816563)

Then they laugh and deny you clearance because they can.

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Re:CIA malware and hacking tools by golergka on Wednesday March 08, 2017 @06:17AM (#13819517)

Are you implying that offensive tools cannot be useful for defense? Really?

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