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Re:Did the Intercept bungle the NSA leak? by zipwitch on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @05:30PM (#14501543)
Senator Mark Warner publicly commented today that this is not the full extent of Russian attacks. She has succeeded in opening national high-profile public discussion on another aspect of Russian attacks on our election.
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Re:Did the Intercept bungle the NSA leak? by throwaway-1209 on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @05:46PM (#14501681)
I also publicly commented on the matter today. Doesn't make any difference, especially if there's no legal repercussions for lying.
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Re:Did the Intercept bungle the NSA leak? by matt4077 on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @07:11PM (#14502290)
The difference is that a Senator (who is vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee) is privy to more information than you are.

And lying can have very real consequences for politicians, even when it happens without breaking a law.

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Re:Did the Intercept bungle the NSA leak? by throwaway-1209 on Tuesday June 06, 2017 @08:13PM (#14502685)
That's debatable if there is no information to be privy to. Even Feinstein and Pelosi stated publicly there was no smoking gun.
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