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See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7294743 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7294743 and Thomas' reply. That's the extent to which Palantir was "involv
by FreakLegion 11y ago
See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7294743 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7294743 and Thomas' reply. That's the extent to which Palantir was "involved" with HBGary Federal. (And while it should go without saying, I'll say it anyway: There was no attempt to infiltrate and destroy Wikileaks. Just a lot of hairbrained talk.)
- joering2 11y agoI hate to be this guy, but "just a lot of hairbrained talk" is what puts people behind bars in America and all around the world, all around the clock. You don't need to carry out a crime to be convicted of a conspiracy to commit it, and as a result put in jail for a long time.
- colordrops 11y agoWhy should it "go without saying"? Have the facts been laid out and proven in an exceptionally clear and public way? I don't think so. And "hairbrained" is an strange adjective to use for a company that is almost 100% engineers from top schools, pulling in a billion in funding, and working for the CIA. All I know is the contents of the leaked presentation that laid out the plans against Wikileaks. I will ignore any PR and damage control about "hairbrained talk".
- vox_mollis 11y agoRight. All due respect to Thomas, but downplaying/minimizing literally every single shady thing the government does is par for the course for him. As his recent concession on Dual_EC_DRBG demonstrates, sometimes the government really does engage in damaging, moustache-twirling villainy.
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