[cryptome] Re: U.S. Hacked Into Iran’s Critical Civilian Infrastr ucture For Massive Cyberattack

juan juan.g71 at gmail.com
Tue Feb 16 12:34:02 PST 2016


On Tue, 16 Feb 2016 08:30:59 -0500
Michael Best <themikebest at gmail.com> wrote:

> If being "gov-friendly" is by itself enough to cast suspicion of bias, 


	Being gov't friendly doesn't cast any SUSPICION. It means you
	ARE outright biased. 



>then the same should be assumed of all "gov-unfriendly" outlets.

	I would quibble that being 'biased' against an organization
	composed of criminal shitbags (your government) isn't really
	'bias', rather it's the outcome of accurate judgment.


> 
> That's why it's important to look at the data. The source shouldn't be
> ignored, but analysis shouldn't begin and end with that.
> 
> See also:
> 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poisoning_the_well


	See also non-contradiction. See also morality. 



J.


> 
> 
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 8:22 AM, John Young <jya at pipeline.com> wrote:
> 
> > Maybe, maybe more cyberwar milking pretense.
> >
> > Gibney is a gov-friendly outlet. So is James Ball.
> >
> >
> > At 08:04 AM 2/16/2016, you wrote:
> >
> >> <
> >> http://www.buzzfeed.com/jamesball/us-hacked-into-irans-critical-civilian-infrastructure-for-ma#.bs1KQY7Nr
> >> >
> >> http://www.buzzfeed.com/jamesball/us-hacked-into-irans-critical-civilian-infrastructure-for-ma#.bs1KQY7Nr
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >




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