Ex-CIA coder behind WikiLeaks ‘Vault 7’ cache found guilty of espionage

Re:Ex-CIA coder behind WikiLeaks ‘Vault 7’ cache found guilt... by sterlind on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @08:40PM (#32090553)

then why wouldn't they have used it against Edward Snowden? he revealed a whole mass surveillance operation, along with misconduct by NSA agents, and there was a lot of popular support for him.

I still agree they could have smeared him, but I don't think it's improbable that the porn was actually his. Pedophiles are skilled at opsec, keeping secrets and doing unsavory things, so their background suits working in IC if they can conceal their behavior. And if discovered by a foreign intelligence agency, they'd be easy to extort into spying.

Vault 7 released a fair bit of code, didn't it? It would benefit state adversaries to leak that publicly, by burning exploits the CIA's using.

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Re:Ex-CIA coder behind WikiLeaks ‘Vault 7’ cache found guilt... by boomboomsubban on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @08:49PM (#32090633)

How would it work with Snowden? "Yknow the guy who flew to Hong Kong and stated he deleted all his data? Turns out he still had one computer he forgot that just so happens to be jam packed with illegal porn."

Much easier to trap him in Russia and claim he's a foreign agent.

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Re:Ex-CIA coder behind WikiLeaks ‘Vault 7’ cache found guilt... by newsclues on Wednesday July 13, 2022 @09:27PM (#32090903)

Because that dirty tricks team was busy with Assange

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