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NSA employees offered deferred resignation, early retirement

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Re: NSA employees offered deferred resignation, early retirement

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This will not turn out how Musk, Trump, Republicans and conservatives think it will.

Remember the "Canadian Pharmacy" spamming 2000-2010? Right after the Soviet Union collapsed and all their spies and hackers were out on the street, with no prospects of a good job.

Re: NSA employees offered deferred resignation, early retirement

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This will not turn out how Musk, Trump, Republicans and conservatives think it will. Remember the "Canadian Pharmacy" spamming 2000-2010? Right after the Soviet Union collapsed and all their spies and hackers were out on the street, with no prospects of a good job.

I would think anyone employed at nsa would be able to get private cybersecurity jobs, no?

Re: NSA employees offered deferred resignation, early retirement

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This will not turn out how Musk, Trump, Republicans and conservatives think it will. Remember the "Canadian Pharmacy" spamming 2000-2010? Right after the Soviet Union collapsed and all their spies and hackers were out on the street, with no prospects of a good job.

I would think anyone employed at nsa would be able to get private cybersecurity jobs, no?

I'm sure NSO Group would love that sort of talent.

Re: NSA employees offered deferred resignation, early retirement

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This will not turn out how Musk, Trump, Republicans and conservatives think it will. Remember the "Canadian Pharmacy" spamming 2000-2010? Right after the Soviet Union collapsed and all their spies and hackers were out on the street, with no prospects of a good job.

I would think anyone employed at nsa would be able to get private cybersecurity jobs, no?

Not if there's no federal or insurance company mandate.

Also, you're assuming that there's a market for rootkits/implants, and "tailored access operations", rather than incident responders and checklist reviewers, which is what the giant bulk of corporate cyber security involves.

Re: NSA employees offered deferred resignation, early retirement

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

I would think anyone employed at nsa would be able to get private cybersecurity jobs, no?

Not if there's no federal or insurance company mandate. Also, you're assuming that there's a market for rootkits/implants, and "tailored access operations", rather than incident responders and checklist reviewers, which is what the giant bulk of corporate cyber security involves.

Oh, there is certainly a market. That is why you keep them employed as whitehats, or at least in service of state security.

Re: NSA employees offered deferred resignation, early retirement

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After the Vietnam war, in the 1970s, there was a big RIF (reduction in force) at places like the NSA.

These agencies have not had a reduction since then and are oversized and wrongly sized.

The same issue faced the US Army prior to WWII. Roosevelt's solution was to find a young general (he found Marshal) and have him get rid of the dead wood because it was expected we'd be in a war in a couple of years.

Marshal created the "plucking commission" and got rid of a lot of dead wood. This put the US in a much better position to fight a war.

Re: NSA employees offered deferred resignation, early retirement

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After the Vietnam war, in the 1970s, there was a big RIF (reduction in force) at places like the NSA. These agencies have not had a reduction since then and are oversized and wrongly sized. The same issue faced the US Army prior to WWII. Roosevelt's solution was to find a young general (he found Marshal) and have him get rid of the dead wood because it was expected we'd be in a war in a couple of years. Marshal creat…

The US is in no position to fight a war, regardless of supposed "dead wood". This is just a purge and further attempt to weaken the state intelligence apparatus.