Re:Did the Intercept bungle the NSA leak?
by gozur88 on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @03:21PM
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>Certainly The Intercept had no way of knowing that the serial number would correspond to an office printer at the NSA or one of their contractors.
They should have assumed it. While I agree they can't be expected to have enough technical savvy to remove watermarks, they should have re-typed it and hid or (better) destroyed the original.
What she did was illegal and the government is going to nail her to the wall for it, if for no other reason than as an example to others contemplating the same thing. I'm astounded how little effort they (both the leaker and the Intercept) put into avoiding discovery.
If it were me the watermarks would have been gone before the document left my possession. If you depend on other people to keep your secrets you're doomed.
They should have assumed it. While I agree they can't be expected to have enough technical savvy to remove watermarks, they should have re-typed it and hid or (better) destroyed the original.
What she did was illegal and the government is going to nail her to the wall for it, if for no other reason than as an example to others contemplating the same thing. I'm astounded how little effort they (both the leaker and the Intercept) put into avoiding discovery.
If it were me the watermarks would have been gone before the document left my possession. If you depend on other people to keep your secrets you're doomed.