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Certainly not saying this didn't happen, or creating a false dichotomy that a nation-state has to be a friend or foe.. but evaluate this in the context of: http
by throwaway5752 8y ago
Certainly not saying this didn't happen, or creating a false dichotomy that a nation-state has to be a friend or foe.. but evaluate this in the context of: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/white-house-begins-the-china-counter-narrative https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/white-house-begins-the-... (in case people get the feeling that this story is being pushed, or feel like it's coming out of nowhere suspiciously close to an election)
- rwc 8y agoStories like this take many, many months of research -- particularly a story as detailed as the Bloomberg. I don't think it's fair to the journalists to simply explain the story away as a government-led conspiracy to mislead voters in the midterm elections.
- calyth2018 8y agoThe US has placed camera in Xerox copy machines that were used in the USSR embassy before, so it's not surprising at all for hardware hacks. w The difference in this case is definitely scale.