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> How do you prove you're not giving away secrets in some secret way when the clue is some random events in life that have little behind them other than happens
by nemo44x 7y ago
> How do you prove you're not giving away secrets in some secret way when the clue is some random events in life that have little behind them other than happenstance.
Isn't this the entire foundation of the fundamental right of innocent until proven guilty? Of course in practice it isn't so simple. In an extreme condition that is extremely unlikely, you could be found guilty exactaly for that reason perhaps. At what point statistically is it on the wrong side of "reasonable doubt"?
- mholt 7y agoIt seems that a lot of Rule of Law goes out the window when it comes to (apparent) matters of national security.
- mikeash 7y agoI think that’s often true, but it doesn’t seem to be the case here. The authorities saw something suspicious, they investigated, and ultimately it went nowhere. That’s exactly how it’s supposed to go.
- duxup 7y agoWell as for a trial, probabbly not guilty. I'm just thinking of assuring the local security folks that I'm not doing a bad thing / avoiding the hassle of them thinking I am. When I probabbly don't know what the bad thing even is.
- StavrosK 7y agoThe problem is that three-letter agencies aren't known to be big fans of due process...
- afterburner 7y ago> Isn't this the entire foundation of the fundamental right of innocent until proven guilty? Well, not really, that's more about simply being accused not being enough to imprison or hang you.
- pontifier 7y agoAn accusation is absolutely enough to be jailed. Due process and rule of law are fictions in our current society.
- Iv 7y agoIn that case, the probability of choosing 5 words so relevant at random (including the two main targets, the code name of the whole operation and the code name of the most crucial part of it) are so small that their suspicions were totally warranted statistically. They tried to transform their suspicions into material elements and came empty handed, and left the man alone, which is the core difference between a democracy and an authoritarian regime. However this coincidence is so strange that on that basis alone I am wondering if they did not miss something.
- SomewhatLikely 7y agoRead the footnote, the compiler had a habit of asking around for words.