Schneier on Russian Hacking - deconstructed

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On 18 January 2017 15:15:51 GMT+00:00, Razer <g2s at riseup.net> wrote:
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>On 01/17/2017 10:36 PM, Mirimir wrote:
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>> It does seem that he's sold out. First, Tor Project. Now, this.
>>
>> Sad, indeed :(
>
>It's a paycheck...
>
>Also William Arkin, who wrote the rather cutting edge "Early Warning"
>('Codenames, Spooks 'n Spies') for the Washington Post a decade or so
>ago. Borged by 'the narrative' and the desire not to be sleeping in
>doorways and blogging from cofeeshops until chased off for lack of a
>purchase.
>
>Here' a little nostalgia from a July 2010 Cabale News Service post I
>found while searching my bloggings for "William Arkin".  Not sure if
>the
>links are functional, but Arkin, and certainly not Dana Priest, are NOT
>this brash anymore abut the totalitarian state apparatus
>.
>> *The Senate is also getting to work on* the nomination of General
>> Clapper
>>
><http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2010/07/dni-nominee-testifies-as-post-delves-into-spy-community/60087/>
>> for Director of National Intelligence even as the Washington Post
>goes
>> into great detail about the problems with privatized outsourcing of
>> intelligence... as reported on Monday
>> <http://www.archive.org/details/tth_100719>, "The Washington Post's
>> Dana Priest and William M. Arkin more than indirectly claim the US
>> created a huge increase in America's counter-intelligence budget and
>> it's data input since 9/11 and it seems much of it was outsourced to
>> private contractors who don't 'play well' with others, leading to a
>> situation where no one knows what's going on due to lack of
>> cross-company communication, etc. Associated Press on the WaPo
>> revelations
>>
><http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jxis444npt9S4H_y2LQopui4VGEAD9H279780>.
>> The US government IS NOT happy
>>
><http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/07/19/128619645/director-of-national-intelligence-criticizes-washington-post-investigation>....
>> I repeat IS NOT happy
>>
><http://blogs.abcnews.com/george/2010/07/administration-official-existence-of-washington-post-database-troubling.html>,
>> about the journalistic intrusion into their privatized 'spookworld'
>> (Wapo reporter William Arkin's specialty)."
>http://razedbywolves.blogspot.com/search?q=william+arkin
>
>Rr

Everyone has been bought, by the time you realise that your favourite anti-hero has turned then you are already several years too late.