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Re:Leaked Files Show How NSA Tracks Other Countries’ Hackers by brudgers on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @11:36AM (#16537536)
I take the comment as an explanation...not a claim that the world as it is is the the way it ought to be.
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Re:Leaked Files Show How NSA Tracks Other Countries’ Hackers by ryanlol on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @12:21PM (#16537922)
Does it really need explaining? The sky is blue, the NSA isn't 100% evil.

It just feels really out of place under an article focusing on the technical side of things, not accusing the NSA of anything nefarious.

Despite neither the article or any of the comments here suggesting there's anything wrong with the NSA activities being discussed, several users felt the need to preemptively stand up the agency:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16536778

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16537479

I don't know exactly what to make of it, but this kind of behavior just seems strange to me.

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