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Re:Skripal Suspect Boshirov Identified as GRU Colonel Anatol... by pvg on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @02:51PM (#18079085)
which can be considered open source

How can it be considered open source? None of the reports (from several publications) involving the passport applications have identified the source.

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Re:Skripal Suspect Boshirov Identified as GRU Colonel Anatol... by catskul2 on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @09:51PM (#18081628)
The method of investigation was to use (mostly) open available sources.

There's a name collision where "open source" means something different in intelligence and reporting than it does for software and technology.

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Re:Skripal Suspect Boshirov Identified as GRU Colonel Anatol... by pvg on Wednesday September 26, 2018 @10:54PM (#18081820)
I don't see how the 'name collision' is related. It wasn't a fully open source investigation and one particular key source, which the comment I replied to called 'open' is very much not open.
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