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> The NSA and CIA are probably more interested in feeding Wall Street insider information Citation needed. What a ridiculous thing to say.
by jjitz 4y ago
> The NSA and CIA are probably more interested in feeding Wall Street insider information
Citation needed. What a ridiculous thing to say.
- photochemsyn 4y agoWell, the NSA and CIA and the State Department have long claimed that their cyber-espionage activities have nothing to do with securing economic information for the advantage of say, US oil companies, right? https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/longhorn-cyber-espionage-group-is-actually-the-cia/ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/longhorn-cybe... https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/09/nsa-spying-brazil-oil-petrobras https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/09/nsa-spying-bra... Those claims seem to be false. Engaging in cyber-espionage (and indeed, going to war) for economic advantage seems to be the name of the game. Why not just be honest about it, instead of spouting all this pablum about 'defending democracy and human rights'?
- MockObject 4y ago> Why not just be honest about it, instead of spouting all this pablum about 'defending democracy and human rights'? Maybe the actual decisionmakers of the world all already know how the world works.
- imwillofficial 4y agoYou want a citation for secret stuff the spook agencies do? Are you kidding me?
- toomanyrichies 4y agoI'm not taking sides either way, but Hitchens's Razor does still apply here (i.e. "claims made without evidence can be dismissed without evidence").
- imwillofficial 4y agoIn this case, some people have industry knowledge and some trust is in order