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I wish someone could explain the logic of indicting foreign nationals when there's no hope of bringing them to trial. A 179-page criminal complaint must have co
by OliverJones 8y ago
I wish someone could explain the logic of indicting foreign nationals when there's no hope of bringing them to trial. A 179-page criminal complaint must have cost a substantial sum.
Justice Department could have spent that money explaining "correct horse battery staple" (https://xkcd.com/936/ https://xkcd.com/936/) to its own people, and so made us all a bit safer.
- rwallace 8y agoI suppose it's a way of substantiating the attribution of the crime to North Korea. When it was just someone making the allegation, they could've been doing it for any number of reasons, but now it seems the evidence has held up to some kind of scrutiny under due process.
- the_watcher 8y agoIt substantially limits their movement, as it increases the caution needed to enter any country with which the US has an extradition treaty. As to explaining password security, the Justice Department is a law enforcement agency, not a security agency.
- TACIXAT 8y agoNorth Koreans aren't known for their international travel.
- b5ec5a483dfd14 8y agoNorth Korean hackers actually travel abroad to their target country for 2 years according to the business insider article someone liked to in this thread. Seems possible they may travel again.