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Ex-CIA coder behind WikiLeaks ‘Vault 7’ cache found guilty of espionage

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Re: Ex-CIA coder behind WikiLeaks ‘Vault 7’ cache found guilty of espionage

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post #18

If you're going to illegally leak sensitive information, give it to journalists, not WikiLeaks. Good journalists know how to balance public safety and public interest, and have the resources to redact dangerous information. WikiLeaks is much more anarchic and leans heavily towards total disclosure.

Real journalists defined by the media cartel or government entities?

The leaker!

Re: Ex-CIA coder behind WikiLeaks ‘Vault 7’ cache found guilty of espionage

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Coincidentally had child porn on his machine.

This one is very hard to believe. A guy who worked on advanced hacking tools and was able to get out that much data without trace does not know how to use encrypted hidden volumes nor shred his hard drives?

Maybe he did. Maybe he wasn't able to shred in time.

Re: Ex-CIA coder behind WikiLeaks ‘Vault 7’ cache found guilty of espionage

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Coincidentally had child porn on his machine.

This one is very hard to believe. A guy who worked on advanced hacking tools and was able to get out that much data without trace does not know how to use encrypted hidden volumes nor shred his hard drives?

Easy for me to believe. Highly intelligent and skilled people are often also very arrogant and think they can't get caught. Or, they have blind spots. Or, they just get careless about certain things.

Re: Ex-CIA coder behind WikiLeaks ‘Vault 7’ cache found guilty of espionage

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It's crazy how much power government bureaucrats have. They can instantly ruin someone's life if they want to. They're unelected and leech off of the taxpayer as well. Our government should be run like a public, for-profit corporation, with each taxpayer as shareholder.

Re: Ex-CIA coder behind WikiLeaks ‘Vault 7’ cache found guilty of espionage

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post #28

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The go to ‘sprinkle some crack on em’ tool in the alphabet toolbox.

I think all the comments miss that this comment is said as a joke. I don't think OP is meant that they literally did that - it would be a particularly dumb law enforcement move that would jeopardize the entire case.

Plenty of people believe the government literally does that all the time, as a matter of routine.

Re: Ex-CIA coder behind WikiLeaks ‘Vault 7’ cache found guilty of espionage

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It's crazy how much power government bureaucrats have. They can instantly ruin someone's life if they want to. They're unelected and leech off of the taxpayer as well. Our government should be run like a public, for-profit corporation, with each taxpayer as shareholder.

The government is not a corporation. It most certainly should not be driven by profit. It exists to deliver value and do things that no private corporation would do, and to be a check on corporate power.

Re: Ex-CIA coder behind WikiLeaks ‘Vault 7’ cache found guilty of espionage

#38

Coincidentally had child porn on his machine.

This one is very hard to believe. A guy who worked on advanced hacking tools and was able to get out that much data without trace does not know how to use encrypted hidden volumes nor shred his hard drives?

Edward Snowden was the exception, not the rule.

Re: Ex-CIA coder behind WikiLeaks ‘Vault 7’ cache found guilty of espionage

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It's crazy how much power government bureaucrats have. They can instantly ruin someone's life if they want to. They're unelected and leech off of the taxpayer as well. Our government should be run like a public, for-profit corporation, with each taxpayer as shareholder.

Because large private corporations are well known for never ruining an individual's life. This is satire, right?

Re: Ex-CIA coder behind WikiLeaks ‘Vault 7’ cache found guilty of espionage

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Why can't these super ninja CIA hackers click on FileVault on their mac book pro?

The jury should have been asking exactly that. Obviously the guy could. And just as obviously, this CIA unit was fully equipped to make it look like he failed to. It was their everyday job. None of their "evidence" passes the smell test.

The child porn thing is an obvious extortion tactic: plead guilty to this or we'll try you for that!

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