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Re:FBI, DHS, HHS Warn of Imminent Ransomware Threat Against ... by TaylorAlexander on Thursday October 29, 2020 @02:23AM (#24927830)
If it took the CIA by surprise, why were Syria and Libya on the short list of countries that General Wesley Clark identified as regime change targets in 2007, three years before the Arab Spring?

https://youtu.be/9RC1Mepk_Sw

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Re:FBI, DHS, HHS Warn of Imminent Ransomware Threat Against ... by sgift on Thursday October 29, 2020 @06:54AM (#24929130)
Because that's a wish list vs. a "we assume this will happen/are actively working on it list"? I'm pretty sure the CIA also shortlisted every Eastern Bloc state in the 80s for regime change. Doesn't mean the SU fell because of the CIA.
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