The yellow dots thing was certainly a mistake on their part. But there's a much bigger issue I haven't seen anyone point out yet. One thing that the Intercept--and Glenn Greenwald in particular--have been very critical of is news organizations that blindly publish leaks as verified facts. Here[0] is just one example where Greenwald writes: > THE WASHINGTON POST late Friday night published an explosive story that, in…
How does the information you're describing (IP addresses used, ties to Russia, malware shape) help the average American if disclosed publicly? Because the harm seems immediate: bad actors will change their tactics and burn their channels, making them harder to detect, trace, or understand. Given that the average American barely understands what a computer virus is, is the level of technical detail you're calling for…
One thing people forget to mention about the FBI director 10 year term is that it wasn't put in place in order to have a director serve over a long period of time (somewhat like the SCOTUS) but to prevent somebody from amassing so much information and power that they can blackmail anybody.
That was decades ago, we now have agencies like the NSA who have far more information on people and if we are going to top that off with allowing them to make claims on wrongdoing without having to disclose actual evidence I just don't know such power could be kept in check.