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Re:Doge using AI to snoop on U.S. federal workers, sources say by Clubber on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @08:58AM (#43621246)
Unfortunately bad faith actors also use "anonymous sources," to push agendas that aren't exactly an accurate representation of what's going on. The FBI and CIA are notorious for this.

Example. "Anonymous sources in the CIA said..." That's a leak but not a real leak. You can tell because if it was a real leak, the government would track them down like Snowden.

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Re:Doge using AI to snoop on U.S. federal workers, sources say by nxobject on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @09:02AM (#43621297)
That being said, this is clearly _not_ the FBI or the CIA. The power dynamics for anyone saying anything critical of the Trump administration in the media are strongly, strongly not in their favor.
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Re:Doge using AI to snoop on U.S. federal workers, sources say by Clubber on Tuesday April 08, 2025 @09:24AM (#43621530)
Right but I'm saying in general stories using nothing but anonymous sources should be held with a higher level of skepticism than ones with documented sources or even corroborating anonymous sources. This doesn't seem to have either.
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