subverting the IETF is a little like subverting the Linux kernel --- doable, but bad tradecraft Unfortunately the fact it might be "bad tradecraft" doesn't see

subverting the IETF is a little like subverting the Linux kernel --- doable, but bad tradecraft Unfortunately the fact it might be "bad tradecraft" doesn't seem to be much of an impediment for U.S. intelligence agencies. They seem to have a knack for getting caught with their pants down over stunts that one would think that cooler heads would have prevailed against as being not only reckless, but to have had the potential for, at the very best, marginal tactical benefit.[1],[2] [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6946909 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6946909 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Omar_case https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Omar_case