• Septimaeus@infosec.pub
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    2 years ago

    Such examples of OpSec competence make it easy to dismiss the majority of government conspiracy theories IMHO.

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      I go back to the veteran comedian every time.

      We can’t even stop our privates from telling their stripper girlfriend about the mission they’re going on the next day, and people think there’s a giant conspiracy out there where nobody talks…

      Then there’s the Warrantless Wiretap program under the Bush Administration. Cheney kept the authorization memo in his personal lawyer’s safe. Only 7 people knew it existed. Shit still leaked.

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        Only 7. That’s perfect. I forget who said “three may keep a secret if two are dead” but of all the mustache twirling pricks in that admin, Cheney should have known.

        Edit: it’s Ben Franklin’s joke, apparently. I doubt he’d mind.