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You know it's a bad week on HN when tptacek (or anyone) is downvoted for asking for an example of a far-fetched claim.
by sillysaurus 13y ago
You know it's a bad week on HN when tptacek (or anyone) is downvoted for asking for an example of a far-fetched claim.
- tptacek 13y agoIt was a really dumb question for me to have asked; it's like I dared them.
- protomyth 13y agoAn open-ended question like that about people's foolish ways to try to off their fellows in a single profession[1] is going to generate a lot of examples. Car bombs seem to be an easy way with some folks[2]. Heck, fark.com has many on a weekly basis. Reading the Church Committee stuff gives a pretty good idea of how wild west our government got (and likely still is given the drones). For the record, I still think this incident was a simple accident. 1) en.rsf.org keeps track of attacks on the press 2) Nasrullah Afridi died on May 10 when a bomb exploded under his car after he entered it.
- coldtea 13y agoYes, it was really a dumb question. And the condescending tone, of the American that believes everything he is told even more so. Hindsight's a bitch too: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jun/24/journalist-michael-hastings-last-email-fbis-invest/ http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/jun/24/journalist-m...