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Re:The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate Am... by lmilcin on Thursday October 04, 2018 @08:34AM (#18139301)
It would be foolish to show your hand for few pennies.
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Re:The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate Am... by jandrese on Thursday October 04, 2018 @10:48AM (#18140378)
Might make a difference if those pennies can't be tracked back to the government.
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Re:The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate Am... by malandrew on Thursday October 04, 2018 @11:57AM (#18141042)
Yup. This would be the modern equivalent of Air America and other schemes by the CIA to raise money to operate by involving themselves in illegal activity like the drug trade.
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Re:The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate Am... by jessaustin on Thursday October 04, 2018 @12:54PM (#18141563)
One would consider those activities to have taken place in "modern" times as well...
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Re:The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate Am... by acct1771 on Friday October 05, 2018 @03:27AM (#18146356)
You're not suggesting the CIA is out of the drug business...are you?
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Re:The Big Hack: How China Used a Tiny Chip to Infiltrate Am... by jandrese on Saturday October 06, 2018 @09:38PM (#18158407)
Iran/Contra got the CIA into a lot of hot water with Congress. They had some pretty stringent restrictions put in place as a result.

https://www.csmonitor.com/1987/1113/aintel.html

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