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Re:OPSEC critique of the Michigan Governor kidnap plot by refurb on Saturday October 10, 2020 @07:45AM (#24738282)
Getting caught is not just about OPSEC, but also visibility. The DOJ has limited time and resources, so will always go after the "big fish" and the cases that give them the best PR.

If you had two scenarios:

1. Great OPSEC, high profile

2. OK OPSEC, minimal profile

You're still at greater risk for scenario #1. When Ross Ulbricht did his Forbes interview and basically said "I dare the gov't to shut me down", he pretty much guaranteed they'd go to the ends of the earth to shut him down.

The only thing worse than committing multiple felonies is making the gov't look stupid or weak.

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Re:OPSEC critique of the Michigan Governor kidnap plot by vmception on Saturday October 10, 2020 @08:41AM (#24738561)
Right, you don’t want governments running half of the exit nodes looking for you, while posing as moderators, customers and running your whole website just to take you down in your ongoing crime.

But precise targeted activities that require investigation later are pretty ease to have sufficient OPSEC for.

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Re:OPSEC critique of the Michigan Governor kidnap plot by DataWorker on Saturday October 10, 2020 @08:10AM (#24738402)
Only correct you to say not about making the government look weak, it’s about the ego of the persons who are in leadership in those government organizations. Entirely about people and their careers and vanities and not so much about the government which belongs to us voters.
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