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- "It's also possible he wasn't even Austrian at all", It's possible he wasn't in the semiconductor business at all, and this entire story was a counterintelli
by perihelions 2y ago
- "It's also possible he wasn't even Austrian at all",
It's possible he wasn't in the semiconductor business at all, and this entire story was a counterintelligence ruse to cause the adversary to spend resources scrutinizing their chip import pipeline, diverting attention from the real CIA sabotage which was happening elsewhere. Or: for the adversary to distrust, and voluntarily limit their use of, chips which were actually genuine and perfectly fine.