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We can already see the Ladar knows how to use publicity. Every time he ends a communication, it's some unsupported, wild accusation that gets everyone talking.
by AsymetricCom 13y ago
We can already see the Ladar knows how to use publicity. Every time he ends a communication, it's some unsupported, wild accusation that gets everyone talking. I feel like everyone is throwing away good scientific skepticism to jump on the anti-NSA bandwagon. There is a legal and logical reason for the NSA to have some secrets. Ladar should be more forthcoming however. He has yet to say anything substantial, imho. There is plenty he could be saying but the press loves this shit; they will do fine without actual content in their releases.
The thing is, no NSL is keeping Ladar Levison from telling us what he knows about email in general. NSLs are specific to the information being sequestered, everything else if fair game. Yet he says "if you knew what I knew." That's just immature posturing. Tell us what you know or say nothing. Waving around your supposed "big secret" in the press like some celeb for gossip? It's not what honest engineers do. Every time I hear a word from the mouth of this Ladar character, I trust him less.
This idea of "Using a force field of publicity" is completely illogical because all it does it serve to fuel wild speculations and distractions! Where are the FACTS?
- burntsushi 13y agoHe did share the problem with us. The problem is that he's not allowed to say exactly why he had to shut down 10 years of work. That's not speculation---it's his account of the facts. Presumably we give him credibility because of the history of Lavabit. I know I do.
- AsymetricCom 13y agoYes exactly, that's all we know. Lavabit got an NSL. Snowden had an email account there in July. We knew that for a while now so what is this post about?
- amirmc 13y agoYou're reading too much into the title. That's just using a quote to get page views, so don't get hung up on it. The actual content is about what he went through, which is still relevant.