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Getting information out of a top secret system and walking with it? Not that difficult. Getting information out of a top secret system without being logged, t
by drblast 13y ago
Getting information out of a top secret system and walking with it? Not that difficult.
Getting information out of a top secret system without being logged, tracked, and identified? Damn near impossible. I'd bet money it was only a matter of time (hours?) from the disclosure of the info until the feds were onto him anyway. There was no way he could have kept this quiet for 30 minutes let alone years.
What's he supposed to do? Go into work the next day?
To have access to the kind of info Snowden did, you have to pass a polygraph. The kind where they specifically ask you if you've mishandled classified documents.
Snowden's got balls of steel.
- darxius 13y agoDo they actually still use polygraphs in government? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygraph#Validity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygraph#Validity
- dfc 13y agoTwo sections later on the very WP page you link to the lead paragraph for "Usage" reads: "Law enforcement agencies and intelligence agencies in the United States are by far the biggest users of polygraph technology. In the United States alone all federal law enforcement agencies either employ their own polygraph examiners or use the services of examiners employed in other agencies. This is despite their unreliability."[1] Or if you don't want to take WP's word for it: CIA Open Position for Poly Examiner[2], NSA Brochure on polygraph tips/FAQS for employees[3] and/or NSA Whistleblower Revelas How To Beat Poly [4]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygraph#Usage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polygraph#Usage [2] https://www.cia.gov/careers/opportunities/support-professional/polygraph-examiner.html https://www.cia.gov/careers/opportunities/support-profession... [3] http://www.nsa.gov/careers/_files/poly_brochure.pdf http://www.nsa.gov/careers/_files/poly_brochure.pdf [4] http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2012/09/25/nsa-whistleblower-reveals-how-to-beat-a-polygraph-test http://www.usnews.com/news/blogs/washington-whispers/2012/09...