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> Security within the NSA would have to be pretty terrible if employees were running their own hedge funds on the NSA's data without the NSA noticing. I believ
by stephengillie 11y ago
> Security within the NSA would have to be pretty terrible if employees were running their own hedge funds on the NSA's data without the NSA noticing.
I believe this is one of the points that Edward Snowden was trying to make. He himself could have had a hedge fund, and he could have used private information he gained in his NSA contracting before that information became public knowledge.
Hell, his coworkers were getting in minor trouble for stalking their exes.
- influx 11y agoBe real, Top Secret clearance checks routinely look at finances, and employees are told to report colleagues purchases that seem out of place. Not necessarily because they are running a hedge fund, but more likely are receiving money from the "KGB" to steal secrets.