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I'm not sure of that. One big theme in intelligence / counterintelligence is that it isn't necessarily what you know. It's how you know what you know. Secretly
by minimax 13y ago
I'm not sure of that. One big theme in intelligence / counterintelligence is that it isn't necessarily what you know. It's how you know what you know. Secretly having a copy of the Snowden documents is much more valuable than having a copy of the Snowden documents and everyone knowing that you have them.
E.g. If I am the U.S. and I want to manage some agents in Iran, I might have to alter my strategy if I know Iran has the Snowden docs. I think you can s/Iran/Sinaloa Cartel/ and it still makes sense.
- Crito 13y agoIs there much evidence that large criminal organizations care about the standard themes of intelligence / counterintelligence?
- zero_intp 13y agoyes.
- dsl 13y agoThe leadership of the Los Zetas Cartel, the largest and most powerful cartel in Mexico, comes almost exclusively from special forces and intelligence backgrounds. According to a number of leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel that have been charged in US courts, the CIA has been providing material support and training to The Sinaloas since 2008 in an attempt to offset explosive growth of the Zetas.
- Crito 13y agoLos Zetas are hardly famous for a subtle approach. Are they actually operating like intelligence agencies? It seems to me that even if they have the knowledge, they don't think it is worth the effort in practice.
- pkinsky 13y agoLos Zetas have built a country-spanning network of radio repeaters using kidnapped engineers. They are clearly cognizant of information security. http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/11/zeta-radio/ http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/11/zeta-radio/