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Re:Woman may have tried to sell Pelosi computer device to Ru... by idownvoted on Monday January 18, 2021 @02:52PM (#25825832)
As a foreigner with limited knowledge about the powers of a US House Speaker:

What value would a laptop of Nancy Pelosi provide to a foreign government, if it doesn’t include incriminating content?

I‘m not suggesting that this story is bogus, but rather that Riley June Williams hopes were and she vastly overestimated the laptop’s value to anyone.

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Re:Woman may have tried to sell Pelosi computer device to Ru... by sgent on Monday January 18, 2021 @05:59PM (#25827760)
House speaker is 2nd in line for the president, and she has the highest security clearance in the government and is briefed on all major intelligence / national security operations -- although I doubt any of that was on this computer.

The house decides the budget for the entire federal government (so black budgets, NSA, etc.) and most of their work is public, but at least some of it is classified and other parts are politically sensitive.

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Re:Woman may have tried to sell Pelosi computer device to Ru... by chowyuncat on Monday January 18, 2021 @04:32PM (#25826901)
Imagine the use of the word deplorable to describe certain people. This would be then used in an election campaign to favor an opposition candidate who would vote against Russian sanctions.
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Re:Woman may have tried to sell Pelosi computer device to Ru... by rongdongdong on Monday January 18, 2021 @03:00PM (#25825909)
SAM files and other such sensitive data come to mind
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