Trial of programmer accused in CIA leak ends in hung jury

Re:Trial of programmer accused in CIA leak ends in hung jury by strbean on Monday March 09, 2020 @06:36PM (#22530655)

At what point to you revert from "their reputation is already so terrible they wouldn't sully it more" to "we should really just assume the worst 100% of the time"?

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Re:Trial of programmer accused in CIA leak ends in hung jury by meowface on Monday March 09, 2020 @07:34PM (#22531106)

I would say the public exposure of a truly shocking and confirmed scandal that took place within the past 10 - 20 years and which goes all the way to the top of the organization. Especially if a lot of people are in the know.

Something along the lines of MKULTRA or COINTELPRO. (I would argue that even in the era where those programs were rampant, planting child pornography would still seem unlikely. Though certainly a lot more likely.)

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