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Cameras Catch Mystery Break-In at Whistleblower’s Law Firm

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Re: Cameras Catch Mystery Break-In at Whistleblower’s Law Firm

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> This story seems to heavily imply that the government authorised somebody to break into the firm and steal the data relating to the whistleblower's case. That strikes me as highly unlikely Chances are, it was. Just look for the agency with the most interest in their documents. Do you have a better hypothesis?

> Just look for the agency with the most interest in their documents. Maybe it would have been done by a group interested in having it look like the government was trying to steal data relating to this whistleblower case? Even weirder things than that have happened IRL.

I think I accidentally downvoted you. Sorry.

Re: Cameras Catch Mystery Break-In at Whistleblower’s Law Firm

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post #44

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> Just look for the agency with the most interest in their documents. Maybe it would have been done by a group interested in having it look like the government was trying to steal data relating to this whistleblower case? Even weirder things than that have happened IRL.

I think I accidentally downvoted you. Sorry.

No worries, I've done it too, and I'm used to seeing an occasional comment in light gray by now anyways. ;)

Re: Cameras Catch Mystery Break-In at Whistleblower’s Law Firm

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What conspiracy are you referring to?

He's an agent of the government!

Considering we already know that they're paying people to post on social news websites like Reddit and HN, it's not especially unlikely.

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You can skip the splash screen by running the following in the JS console: $('#TB_window').hide() $('#TB_overlay').hide()

you geeks. just refresh the page and press ESC when it's just starting to load.

Your solution is the quickest but inapparent to many. It worked perfectly for me

Re: Cameras Catch Mystery Break-In at Whistleblower’s Law Firm

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You can skip the splash screen by running the following in the JS console: $('#TB_window').hide() $('#TB_overlay').hide()

I am not as smart as you guys. I just added: ?page=0,0 to the end of any URL on that site. I guess I am more of a trouble shooter than a hacker. Glad to see other ways of doing the same thing.

Here is a clickable link for people who are as lazy as I am:

http://thecable.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/07/07/cameras_c...

Re: Cameras Catch Mystery Break-In at Whistleblower’s Law Firm

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He's an agent of the government!

Considering we already know that they're paying people to post on social news websites like Reddit and HN, it's not especially unlikely.

Had someone on reddit attack me pretty vehemently this morning for suggesting something similar there. The account in question was pretty much hanging on the US government's nuts in every comment.
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