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Believe me, if I was a spy I would have more important things to worry about than bringing some reason to a debate on Hacker News. The intelligence community i

by ZenPro 12y ago

Believe me, if I was a spy I would have more important things to worry about than bringing some reason to a debate on Hacker News. The intelligence community is staffed with literally millions of people who are not spies. TOP SECRET clearance for contractors in the USA alone are >1million This is the equivalent of me wandering into a debate on the Royal College of Physicians and try to argue the merits of certain healthcare policies. Let's take you at your assessment - I am a 'fake' spy. Haven't I, even as a fake, demonstrated a breadth of knowledge on the intelligence apparatus that you could only dream of? What exactly is it you think you are bringing to this discussion? As for there being no laws; are you just ignoring the posters that have worked in similar US, Australian and International departments who say exactly the same laws exist?

andyjohnson0 12y ago
I was using "spy" as an informal shorthand for "member of the intelligence community". Perhaps "spook" would have conveyed this better. So no, I don't think you are an actual spy. I don't think you've "demonstrated a breadth of knowledge on the intelligence apparatus that you could only dream of" either.
- ZenPro 12y ago
  Are you accusing the other posters who confirm similar laws in the USA and Australia of lying as well or do you concede that they exist? Shorthand for a member of the community is just 'analyst'. Spook/Spy is a pop culture reference to a very specific role in the intelligence community. To give you some context about the thing that you think you know about. >> The United States Intelligence Community (I.C.) is a federation of 17 separate United States government agencies that work separately and together to conduct intelligence activities considered necessary for the conduct of foreign relations and national security of the United States. It includes intelligence agencies, military intelligence, and civilian intelligence and analysis offices within federal executive departments. >> The Washington Post reported in 2010 that there were 1,271 government organizations and 1,931 private companies in 10,000 locations in the United States that are working on counterterrorism, homeland security, and intelligence, and that the intelligence community as a whole includes 854,000 people holding top-secret clearances. That is just the USA. That does not take in the 5 EYES Community (UK, CAN, NZ, AUS) or the rest of Europe (FR, DEU, IT, DK etc) And you think that none of these places legally destroy magnetic media that contains compromised classified information? Seriously. Are you on crack?

by ZenPro 12y ago

andyjohnson0 12y ago

I was using "spy" as an informal shorthand for "member of the intelligence community". Perhaps "spook" would have conveyed this better. So no, I don't think you are an actual spy. I don't think you've "demonstrated a breadth of knowledge on the intelligence apparatus that you could only dream of" either.

ZenPro 12y ago
Are you accusing the other posters who confirm similar laws in the USA and Australia of lying as well or do you concede that they exist? Shorthand for a member of the community is just 'analyst'. Spook/Spy is a pop culture reference to a very specific role in the intelligence community. To give you some context about the thing that you think you know about. >> The United States Intelligence Community (I.C.) is a federation of 17 separate United States government agencies that work separately and together to conduct intelligence activities considered necessary for the conduct of foreign relations and national security of the United States. It includes intelligence agencies, military intelligence, and civilian intelligence and analysis offices within federal executive departments. >> The Washington Post reported in 2010 that there were 1,271 government organizations and 1,931 private companies in 10,000 locations in the United States that are working on counterterrorism, homeland security, and intelligence, and that the intelligence community as a whole includes 854,000 people holding top-secret clearances. That is just the USA. That does not take in the 5 EYES Community (UK, CAN, NZ, AUS) or the rest of Europe (FR, DEU, IT, DK etc) And you think that none of these places legally destroy magnetic media that contains compromised classified information? Seriously. Are you on crack?