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This assumes that leaking is a compulsive behavior. The federal government has stronger incentives to offer for not leaking information. Getting fired is nothin

This assumes that leaking is a compulsive behavior. The federal government has stronger incentives to offer for not leaking information. Getting fired is nothing.

anabab 2y ago
On the other hand there might exist a deal where everyone involved is guaranteed a pardon as an incentive to sow as much chaos as possible.
joe_the_user 2y ago
The idea that the federal government is entity able to look after it's own interests has taken quite a hit in my mind with recent events.
- adamrezich 2y ago
  It's so strange to see this become a Partisan Issue so quickly and easily, when just a few short years ago everyone on the Internet cheered on Ron Paul's cries to Audit The Fed. (Yes, I know, “the Fed” means the Federal Reserve, and not the federal government—but that's clearly in the cards, too.) And it's not as though the pre-smartphone Internet was majority Republican, of course—quite the opposite, if anything!
  - matwood 2y ago
    An audit means transparency and accountability, neither of which we have here.
    - adamrezich 2y ago
      One must ask oneself if one's views on the matter would be the same if the exact same actions were done by one's preferred political party, and reported upon favorably instead of unfavorably.
      - adamrezich 2y ago
        Uh, I guess one mustn't ask oneself this, judging by downvotes!
  - someothherguyy 2y ago
    > Ron Paul's cries to Audit The Fed Its "End the Fed" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_the_Fed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_the_Fed
    - adamrezich 2y ago
      Yes, that the title of a book he wrote, as well as his eventual end goal for sure. But he and others (including his son Rand, and Bernie Sanders) have also used the phrase “Audit The Fed” repeatedly as well, for various “Federal Reserve Transparency Acts”[0] over the years, since 2009—including a bipartisan one with Senator Grassley just this past November. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Transparency_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Transparency_A...
rsoto2 2y ago
This guy still thinks the employees of the fed gov(e.g. big balls) is working hard to protect his info
llamaimperative 2y ago
Eh, I think "stealing is bad" is a plenty sufficient rationale for the vast majority of people not to engage in this type of behavior regardless of what kind of threats people dangle over their head. Obviously this kid would reasonably expect to get a pardon for any law he breaks anyway so long as he breaks it in service of the cult.

This assumes that leaking is a compulsive behavior. The federal government has stronger incentives to offer for not leaking information. Getting fired is nothing.

anabab 2y ago

On the other hand there might exist a deal where everyone involved is guaranteed a pardon as an incentive to sow as much chaos as possible.

joe_the_user 2y ago

The idea that the federal government is entity able to look after it's own interests has taken quite a hit in my mind with recent events.

adamrezich 2y ago
It's so strange to see this become a Partisan Issue so quickly and easily, when just a few short years ago everyone on the Internet cheered on Ron Paul's cries to Audit The Fed. (Yes, I know, “the Fed” means the Federal Reserve, and not the federal government—but that's clearly in the cards, too.) And it's not as though the pre-smartphone Internet was majority Republican, of course—quite the opposite, if anything!
- matwood 2y ago
  An audit means transparency and accountability, neither of which we have here.
  - adamrezich 2y ago
    One must ask oneself if one's views on the matter would be the same if the exact same actions were done by one's preferred political party, and reported upon favorably instead of unfavorably.
    - adamrezich 2y ago
      Uh, I guess one mustn't ask oneself this, judging by downvotes!
- someothherguyy 2y ago
  > Ron Paul's cries to Audit The Fed Its "End the Fed" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_the_Fed https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/End_the_Fed
  - adamrezich 2y ago
    Yes, that the title of a book he wrote, as well as his eventual end goal for sure. But he and others (including his son Rand, and Bernie Sanders) have also used the phrase “Audit The Fed” repeatedly as well, for various “Federal Reserve Transparency Acts”[0] over the years, since 2009—including a bipartisan one with Senator Grassley just this past November. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Transparency_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Reserve_Transparency_A...

rsoto2 2y ago

This guy still thinks the employees of the fed gov(e.g. big balls) is working hard to protect his info

llamaimperative 2y ago

Eh, I think "stealing is bad" is a plenty sufficient rationale for the vast majority of people not to engage in this type of behavior regardless of what kind of threats people dangle over their head. Obviously this kid would reasonably expect to get a pardon for any law he breaks anyway so long as he breaks it in service of the cult.