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This is a thought experiment. Let's say that someone (perhaps DoE) identified that the power grid was at risk of attack. Convincing a bunch of people (politici
by sargun 4y ago
This is a thought experiment.
Let's say that someone (perhaps DoE) identified that the power grid was at risk of attack. Convincing a bunch of people (politicians) to spend a chunk of change to secure it would be betweeen difficult and impossible. In order to further their cause, they can stage these trivial looking attacks to attract funding to grid security.
In computers, hiring pen testers is a common way to get security funded. An attack is a sure fire way to get something funded.
- fckgnad 4y agoNobody cares this much to risk everything just to get some extra security on some arbitrary thing. That's like shooting up a school to get more security around schools. Come on.
- landemva 4y agoFBI did it to The Branch Davidians when the FBI budget request was being considered. FBI wanted a big story to tell on The Hill, got repulsed, and resorted to gassing everyone and burning the evidence.
- SapporoChris 4y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_siege https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waco_siege DOJ concluded that the Branch Davidian's started the fires.
- voakbasda 4y agoWhy do you think that report can be trusted? I think it more likely that they were covering up the FBI’s guilt. Isn’t it a sad commentary on society that I am willing to believe the innocence of a bunch or wacko cultists than any claims of their guilt by the DoJ or FBI?
- judge2020 4y ago> Convincing a bunch of people (politicians) to spend a chunk of change to secure it would be betweeen difficult and impossible. I'm not convinced of this. They play a lot of games, but ensuring that power is reliable and fairly price-stable is not just important to all of the peasant middle class voters, but also to their big corporate donors, the farming blocks, etc.