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Oligarchs are technically American taxpayers
Most them pay less than the average dentist.
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Yes unfortunately this is much more specific than "cyber researchers interacting with cybercriminals"
> Coristine was fired from a company after leaking internal firm secrets to a competitor
...and now has physical access to building facilities at CISA
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One good reason? Look at the financial state of the country. We’ve been running trillion-dollar deficits, ballooning debt, and unsustainable spending for years. If Musk’s appointees are doing the opposite of what got us here—cutting waste, streamlining bureaucracy, and questioning sacred cows—that’s at least some indication they might be acting in taxpayers’ interests. The real question isn’t why assume they are—it’s why assume the status quo was working in the first place.
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He wasn't interacting with them as a researcher does. He was working for them as an employee. And then they fired him and accused him of leaking, and publicly humiliated him.
No one even knows what this kid is doing inside CISA's network!!
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He's not innocent. He was a member of the cybercrime skid community called "The Com" that is regularly involved with cryptocurrency thefts, ddos attacks, and sim swapping. It's not normal. Dude is a blackhat skid with some crazy access to shit he shouldnt have access to imo.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/02/teen-on-musks-doge-team-...
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> The presumption of innocence should direct opinion, not implication, but the links should be noted.
The standard in civil service is historically and conventionally "beyond even the appearance of impropriety," not "presumption of innocence." I think the person in question falls well below that standard.
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> Give me one (1) good reason to assume Elon's appointees are acting in the interests of American taxpayers. Because they are American taxpayers.
That doesn't feel like a very convincing argument if you already believe that Elon, Donald, etc don't have the interests of the American taxpayers in mind... Given that they are also American taxpayers.
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That's not what's going on here. This was discussed at length on https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42981756
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https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/02/teen-on-musks-doge-team-...
The details are quite clear.
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One good reason? Look at the financial state of the country. We’ve been running trillion-dollar deficits, ballooning debt, and unsustainable spending for years. If Musk’s appointees are doing the opposite of what got us here—cutting waste, streamlining bureaucracy, and questioning sacred cows—that’s at least some indication they might be acting in taxpayers’ interests. The real question isn’t why assume they are—it’s…
So the problem is the reason to assume goodwill from the people tasked with fixing it?