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Maybe it would've been better for this news to have been broken a month or two ago, for maximum financial impact. In all seriousness, one has to wonder how shi
by ihsw 13y ago
Maybe it would've been better for this news to have been broken a month or two ago, for maximum financial impact.
In all seriousness, one has to wonder how shipments get diverted, and how easily this process can be taken advantage of. Surely the companies handling these "special" shipments are made aware of details on a need-to-know basis (eg: super-secret gov. employee is going to be taking the shipment for an hour, don't ask why and don't tell anyone), but are they able to verify that their handlers are who they say they are?
Would you trust a shipping company based in China? Why would you trust an American one any more than a Chinese one?
- rdl 13y agoThis capability already exists for counter drug and other interceptions. I'm sure it was FBI asking ups and fedex to hold a suspected drug shipment and let them look at it briefly; it is entirely possible no one at the shipper, and certainly not on the line, knew it was NSA. They might have said terrorism, too, but probably not. Maybe just "a law enforcement matter" with no questions asked.