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I'm not a US citizen, but if I was, I would want professionals sworn to defend my country and the constitution to be able to modernize their capabilities. Today

by buzz27 10y ago

I'm not a US citizen, but if I was, I would want professionals sworn to defend my country and the constitution to be able to modernize their capabilities. Today, these tools are essential to defense. It may turn out to have been the best defense against RU attempt to Balkanize USA.

Bendingo 10y ago
I haven't heard of RU attempts to Balkanize USA; could you please elaborate.
- dragonwriter 10y ago
  Some people have connected Trump's Putin connections with the Russian connections of Calexit to conclude that they are part of a coordinated effort to exacerbate regional divides in the US to the point of Balkanization.
omouse 10y ago
The best offense is a good defense. Improving the quality of software in general would be far more beneficial than developing zero-day short-sighted tools.
- rhino369 10y ago
  That wouldn't help you break into a Russian generals email account to read his email to his mistress saying he's going to Ukraine for a couple weeks. The CIA isn't even really responsible to cyber defense. They are an offensive spy agency.
- morley 10y ago
  I've never heard the phrase "the best offense is a good defense," but I have heard a great many times the phrase "the best defense is a good offense." I don't have any data to back it up, but inclined to believe the more popular form of the statement.
  - LeoPanthera 10y ago
    "the best offense is a good defense" - 51,600 Google results "the best defense is a good offense" - 143,000 Google results, and the only one with a Wikipedia article. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_best_defense_is_a_good_offense https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_best_defense_is_a_good_off...
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