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Re:U.S. announces first criminal charges against foreign cou... by pkinsky on Monday May 19, 2014 @01:42PM (#7768690)
In case B, the NSA might not hand a briefcase of schematics to US companies for economic gain. But they have used stolen data to influence trade negotiations for the benefit of US companies. In both cases, the military could be said to have acted as an arm of corporate espionage, no?
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Re:U.S. announces first criminal charges against foreign cou... by droope on Monday May 19, 2014 @07:22PM (#7770385)
> In case B, the NSA might not hand a briefcase of schematics to US companies for economic gain

Saying that the NSA wouldn't do that is stupid, and anybody who says otherwise is either ignorant or otherwise malicious.

The US government aids its corporations in every way it can, and it has done so throughout its history.

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