N.S.A. Dragnet Included Allies, Aid Groups and Business Elite

Re:N.S.A. Dragnet Included Allies, Aid Groups and Business E... by tedunangst on Friday December 20, 2013 @02:30PM (#6943426)

The only use for that information would be setting bids.

Apart from one other use: verifying that competitors aren't bribing officials to win the auction.

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Re:N.S.A. Dragnet Included Allies, Aid Groups and Business E... by pantalaimon on Friday December 20, 2013 @09:58PM (#6945507)

How would that work?

"We have cought you cheating! We know because… (we've hacked your exchange)"

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Re:N.S.A. Dragnet Included Allies, Aid Groups and Business E... by tedunangst on Friday December 20, 2013 @10:14PM (#6945546)

Actually, yes. See the first two examples given in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECHELON#Examples_of_industrial_...

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Re:N.S.A. Dragnet Included Allies, Aid Groups and Business E... by judk on Friday December 20, 2013 @11:08PM (#6945696)

I wonder why there are no cases of NSA whistleblowing on bribes placed by American.companies in any foreign auctions... Because American companies don't cheat, or...?

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