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I think it's important not to let the negative activities of some people in government, cause us to negatively paint people negatively who are doing good and ne

I think it's important not to let the negative activities of some people in government, cause us to negatively paint people negatively who are doing good and necessary work. Admittedly, this is becoming more difficult as these lines are blurred.

michael1999 4y ago
There is no fancy latin name for the error of giving known liars the benefit of the doubt, but there should be. Poindexter and friends betrayed the constitution, and set the tone for the organization as all-offence, all-the-time. It's not a fallacy to believe the stated goals of senior officials set the direction for organizations. I am 100% confident that there are employees at the NSA tasked with defence that are diligent and motivated. I am 90% confident their budgets and other institutional support are a small fraction of the offence side of the house. I am less confident, but still believe that at least some defence activities are compromised by the offensive mission. The stink around Dual_EC_DRBG was the public suspecting that even the defence side of the house is lying to us, and is acting as cover for the offence side. I don't see how the NSA can ever recover that credibility after room 641A. That's a stink that's hard to wash off.