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This thread needs to be at the top of the heap. I've read the WaPo article and it would be interesting to know exactly what's newly being revealed in it.

• xhkkffbf 7y ago
  They have a little bit at the top claiming that it's newsworthy because they had access to a complete internal history which is rarely declassified. Okay. I'll buy that. And at the end, they mention a good article from the Baltimore Sun that is MORE THAN 20 YEARS OLD! But that's at the end. Along the way, I wouldn't blame any reader for assuming that this is entirely new information.
  • beerandt 7y ago
    The main (new) thing is that it was 100% CIA and German Intelligence owned, followed by 100% CIA owned. Not sure exactly how big of deal that really is... (Edit: other than being a longtime profit center for CIA slush money.) It's all a bit fishy, especially since it's admittedly sourced from within the agency. A lot depends on if it was an approved leak or not. With the divestment in 2018, and no other really new information, I would suspect sanctioned leak, as there was nothing to lose. The question is what was gained by whom? And why the timing? There's nothing in the story that's pressing topical information. Between the Amazon government cloud contract lawsuit, and being 1 week post impeachment, there's quite a few opposing angles that would all seem plausible. Wapo reward for some Agency cooperation maybe? Rabbit holes in every direction.
    • xhkkffbf 7y ago
      I'm guessing it's a sanctioned leak because they want the world to understand the danger with Huawei. Now that others are playing the same game, they need to stop it!
    • rurban 7y ago
      They forgot to add that after the CIA ownership, which was blown by Buehler's and Bamford's books, it was 100% Mossad owned via Marc Rich.