I'm reminded of Julian Assange's essay[1] on the nature of conspiracies, and how leaks serve to impose a 'secrecy tax' upon them, further obfuscating and reduci

I'm reminded of Julian Assange's essay[1] on the nature of conspiracies, and how leaks serve to impose a 'secrecy tax' upon them, further obfuscating and reducing the power of information-sharing links between nodes. In his view, the additional complexity and reduction of trust among members of a conspiracy that results from leaks reduces its ability to properly react to novel stimuli, eventually leading to its downfall. It's an interesting essay, and I'm somewhat surprised to see such a germane example here. [1] http://cryptome.org/0002/ja-conspiracies.pdf http://cryptome.org/0002/ja-conspiracies.pdf