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Re:Whistleblowers are the conscience of society, yet suffer ... by ted_bunny on Sunday April 30, 2023 @01:57PM (#35764933)
To play devil's advocate: things that sound minor like parking spaces are regularly the grist of intelligence operations. And the targets are rarely heads of state or other bigwigs — less-prominent people are easier to recruit, kill, harass, etc.
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Re:Whistleblowers are the conscience of society, yet suffer ... by MattGaiser on Sunday April 30, 2023 @03:28PM (#35765823)
Yeah, even if just to know which car to break into.
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Re:Whistleblowers are the conscience of society, yet suffer ... by m463 on Sunday April 30, 2023 @09:44PM (#35768300)
weren't there some intelligence operations during the vietnam war where "benign" peanut butter orders predicted troop movements?
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Re:Whistleblowers are the conscience of society, yet suffer ... by ted_bunny on Thursday May 04, 2023 @09:56AM (#35815381)
Hilarious and cromulent enough for me.
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