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Re:U.S. Charges 13 Russians, 3 Companies for Interfering wit... by mcphage on Friday February 16, 2018 @02:50PM (#16395446)
> There has always been Russian espionage. Not only that - there has been Russian (or Soviet, same difference) agents in Manhattan project, high positions in State Department (see Albert Hiss) and so on. Recent kerfuffle has nothing on that. Russia sees itself as a geopolitical foe of the US, of course they are spying on the US. In fact, US spied on Germany, Britain and Israel (and Israel spied back on US as we know, others probably too but were not caught) - and those are close allies! Of course Russians would do the same. It's not something new that "have risen" recently.

Right, so I’m not sure why you’re suggesting we should just sit here and do nothing about it.

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Re:U.S. Charges 13 Russians, 3 Companies for Interfering wit... by smsm42 on Friday February 16, 2018 @03:16PM (#16395697)
No, I am suggesting to do something about "it" - provided the "it" isn't a bunch of Facebook ads but a real espionage. So far it seems like real hacks and stolen data leads to nothing but people that post on Facebook get indicted. Which is also largely posturing because there's no way to prosecute them.
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