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I don't think it's very likely that the shutdown stopped them from communicating. Risk/reward? The risk is that the honeypot was the only way they could commu
by krenoten 14y ago
I don't think it's very likely that the shutdown stopped them from communicating. Risk/reward? The risk is that the honeypot was the only way they could communicate, and that keeping it alive was the only way these attacks could continue. I don't think this is a very large risk. The reward, however, is foreknowledge of an attack. Maybe they don't think this is very useful knowledge?
In any case, I don't think these were the reasons for taking it down.
- JabavuAdams 14y agoPossible, but remember that these are political animals. How are they going to explain to the American people (or talk-radio hosts) that President Obama authorized a website that was used to plan attacks on U.S. soldiers?
- mturmon 14y agoYes, when law enforcement gets that enmeshed with the plans of criminals, things go sideways. Compare the ATF scheme ("Operation Fast and Furious") for letting illegal gun sales proceed so that criminal gun distributors higher up the food chain could be caught: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATF_gunwalking_scandal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATF_gunwalking_scandal When you count all the guns that the US let leak into Mexico over the years, it's hard to justify the operation. Basically, such an operation deserves a fuller debate and examination of all the consequences. But by their nature, secret operations can't have full debates.