News Oct 21, 2015 at 1:56 pm

Two Weeks After It Sued the CIA, Data Is Stolen from the University of Washington's Center for Human Rights

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Leaping to conclusions not based on facts is never constructive.
raindrop on October 21, 2015 at 2:05 PM Report this
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Dude, this is like an episode of X-Files.
tmplknght on October 21, 2015 at 2:06 PM Report this
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they kill and torture people, but they do not "steal desktops"! copy, and keylog of course, but not steal, that would be too ..maladroit.
theophrastus on October 21, 2015 at 2:08 PM Report this
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@1

Therefore, you deny that God exists, right?
seatackled on October 21, 2015 at 2:13 PM Report this
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Meanwhile, Salvadorian gangs commit atrocities on U.S. soil, and the Seattle Lefties keep pleading their case to stay in the country.

At least the CIA salutes our flag.
Mad_at_Dad on October 21, 2015 at 2:25 PM Report this
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@5 - At least the Devil quotes the Bible.
treacle on October 21, 2015 at 2:39 PM Report this
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Hey, the CIA has been busy supporting the "rebels" in Syria and elsewhere at the behest of your hero, President Obama. Careful with your devil comments!
Mad_at_Dad on October 21, 2015 at 2:47 PM Report this
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They had sensitive data, the loss of which could put lives at risk, and they knew this. The data was not encrypted why??? If anyone gets killed because of this, the researcher(s) should be charged with involuntary manslaughter.
JonnoN on October 21, 2015 at 3:13 PM Report this
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@5,7 it always amazes me that people like you go out of your way to prove how incredibly fucking stupid you are.
JonnoN on October 21, 2015 at 3:15 PM Report this
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@1: It's the sort of shit our government does, why is it "leaping to conclusions" to suspect their involvement?
Hanoumatoi on October 21, 2015 at 3:25 PM Report this
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It wasn't the CIA. They would have just copied the hard drive, not stolen the whole computer.
Toe Tag on October 21, 2015 at 3:33 PM Report this
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If it was the CIA, I think they would have stolen a lot of stuff including other computers to make it clear that this particular one wasn't targeted.
NotYourStrawMan on October 21, 2015 at 3:42 PM Report this
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For those thinking that the CIA is "too smart" for this, remember how frequently they've failed in so many other projects. Don't confuse the "Cash In Advance" boys, who spend millions on private planes to fly nobodies around the world to be tortured, with the NSC, the ones who are monitoring your emails and texts.
Sir Vic on October 21, 2015 at 3:56 PM Report this
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Fun fact: CIA Director John Brennan was actually at the UW last Friday giving a talk to a couple of classes in the law school.
tinfoil_hatz on October 21, 2015 at 4:10 PM Report this
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You mean fuzzycow@aol.com?
Karlheinz Arschbomber on October 21, 2015 at 4:13 PM Report this
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Yeah, cuz the CIA would NEVER act in collusion with those types of people!!
(except in Chile, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador, Uruguay, Bolivia, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, Cuba, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Iran, Indonesia, Congo, Angola, Greece, Vietnam, Cambodia...)
jackblasted on October 21, 2015 at 4:36 PM Report this
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If the CIA wanted to shut this all down, they'd be more clever than to send someone in to steal a hard drive. That seems awfully... beneath them.
pheeeew!crack!boom! on October 21, 2015 at 4:55 PM Report this
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The truth is out there...
tmplknght on October 21, 2015 at 5:05 PM Report this
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the most surprising bit about all of this is the fact that the cia can be sued.
orgasm on October 21, 2015 at 7:47 PM Report this
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Asymptotic on October 22, 2015 at 12:48 AM Report this
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I am glad some of the commenters here are at least familiar with our recent and not too recent history.
CC-Rob on October 22, 2015 at 10:11 AM Report this
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Just because your paranoid doesn't mean their not out to get ya. B&E is exactly something the CIA would do. First, it's not what you know (or suspect), but what you can prove. Second, it is disruptive, and psychologically impactful on those with strong risk aversion causing some to shy away. Third, discussing it openly is the first step toward discrediting and dismissing as just another conspiracy. False flags and misdirection are the foundation of counter intelligence.
And->Another->Thing on October 24, 2015 at 12:10 AM Report this

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