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What can you expect from someone who still uses an AOL account...

• goalieca 11y ago
  i always expect these senior intelligence guys to have the most disciplined security around (like snowden). Then it turns out the only real guard is "What high school did you go to?" and "Who was your favourite teacher?"
  • duncan_bayne 11y ago
    Once you go high enough in most organisations, appointment becomes political and / or based upon leadership and vision. Assuming senior intelligence folks practice good tradecraft is a little like assuming that the CEO of a software company is a gun programmer. Often not true, and sometimes for good reason.
    • aswanson 11y ago
      More often than not, for a bad reason though. Put Ballmer vs Gates or Nadella as a CEO, or, I'd argue, Schmidt vs Page. And, in a crystal ball moment, I'd predict whomever follows Zuck won't be as good as him if he/she has no technical skill. I'd take a technical person who can follow the track of where things are headings "vision" over a bean-counting MBA or "leadership" expert any day of the week for guiding an organization based on technology.
  • forgottenpass 11y ago
    i always expect these senior intelligence guys to have the most disciplined security around (like snowden). When you're powerful (or rich) enough to be on the winning side of the political and justice systems, your independent and individual security is much less of a priority. The system will take care of you. Scooter Libby was disbarred. Edward Snowden is stuck in Russia.