Re:Did the Intercept bungle the NSA leak?
by tanderson92 on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @01:06PM
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I think everyone would agree with that. The question then becomes: did The Intercept not follow best practices here? Once again, there is no evidence and any "yes" answer relies on trusting the NSA/DOJ.
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> The question then becomes: did The Intercept not follow best practices here?
If removing well-known, uniquely identifying printer microdots isn't a best practice, it should be.
Re:Did the Intercept bungle the NSA leak?
by tanderson92 on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @01:13PM
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> > The question then becomes: did The Intercept not follow best practices here?
> If removing well-known, uniquely identifying printer microdots isn't a best practice, it should be.
Very true; where is the evidence that they did not do so?
Re:Did the Intercept bungle the NSA leak?
by tanderson92 on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @01:26PM
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Thanks.
They did not. They told a government contractor that the document had been printed and mailed from Augusta, GA, who then reported it to the government. That's what got her, microdots or not.
You can read the search warrant at https://www.buzzfeed.com/stevenperlberg/a-federal-government..., which is more complete than the arrest warrant. Just read paragraphs 12-19, which cover the relevant probable cause. If the FBI don't know how it leaked (printed) and from where (Winner's home town), the case becomes extremely difficult. Instead, they had so much that she just confessed when they showed up.