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I can understand that this could be a means of trying to bargain with Russia, but I do wonder how they'll repurpose the people involved.
by ndsipa_pomu 2y ago
I can understand that this could be a means of trying to bargain with Russia, but I do wonder how they'll repurpose the people involved.
- palata 2y ago> how they'll repurpose the people involved. Does not feel like they would care at all.
- rbanffy 2y ago> I can understand that this could be a means of trying to bargain with Russia Is the secretary acknowledging the US does offensive operations against Russian targets? Why would he even do that?!
- ndsipa_pomu 2y agoThat also seemed strange to me
- rbanffy 2y agoI know they aren't the most competent, but I expected to have someone competent advising them.
- ndsipa_pomu 2y agoAdvisors don't work so well if you ignore them and surround yourself with yes-people
- bediger4000 2y agoThose made redundant may end up in cybercrime. That's what happened to a lot of Soviet IT folks when the Soviet Union collapsed. The effect of this may be to create a feral, semi-private cyber force, not unlike what China or especially Russia has.
- actionfromafar 2y agoSo, exactly what the backers want.