> We have unchecked corruption from the 2nd most powerful politician in the country
Chao is being investigated by the House [1]. Worst case, we’re talking single-digit millions of suspected malfeasance versus billions in Russia of cut-and-dry graft.
And most importantly, a wrong here doesn’t excuse a wrong there.
This is an obvious mistake made by a steel company. The BGP "errors" that make tons of traffic go to Russia or China OFTEN WORK COMPLETELY. Some have worked so well no one noticed for months. That's far, far different than an error, that a large section of a country's traffic being successfully hijacked to another country. Accidents usually break things. What Russia and China are too successful to be accidents.
How is he a tool for undermining the proliferation of facts? Just because facts come from a sexual predator doesn't make them any less true. If someone isn't willing to put in the effort to validate truth, then they can't handle it.
I think they meant a tool for the government (in the sense that they can use him as an example to pass laws limiting press freedom or to punish him to dissuade others).
Also the sexual crimes related to Assange (regardless of whether you think they're true or not) are allegations.
Assange is alleged to have performed acts that could be construed as attempts to access classified information, beyond merely asking for it--specifically, it is alleged that he assisted Manning with attempting to acquire and decrypt classified documents. That is the heart of the issue--if Assange had merely accepted a document dump from Manning (as he generally did with most other sources), he wouldn't be facing 18 charges today.
"he wouldn't be facing 18 charges today" - I think it's pretty clear the US has been working on charging and imprisoning Assange since around the time of "Collateral Murder". They would have found something else!
Assamese already was facing a sealed indictment on other charges related to the Manning dump, charges that the Obama administration carefully drew up to avoid any 1st amendment implications. The charges being discussed here, being brought by the Trump administration, are the charges with first amendment implications.
Really, and you have the proof of this? I'm not saying you're wrong but I'm led to believe that both Assange and WikiLeaks are not innocent even if they did some good.
Yep, I quoted the article in my edit. He's incorrectly referenced as the "former head of London’s train system" and they claim the reason for his hiring was "ultimately eliminating MetroCards", which is flat out wrong. Byford was brought on to "fix" the inevitable trainwreck that is the MTA while also taking the fall for said trainwreck.
You gotta tell me where do you buy your crystal balls mate, mine doesn't allow me to publicly assume the level of knowledge someone has over a protocol and infrastructure, specially when that person hasn't made a single comment about it.
But going back to the main topic: None of this would happen if everyone was a nice person and we loved each other, either. Alas, it happens and you better add layers of defence.
Gravel did some great stuff in the 70s but he's a bit of a kook now. He used to speak at Lyndon LaRouche conventions until very recently. I guess everyone needs to make a buck. I full support the Gravel Teens though.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/02/us/politics/elaine-chao-c...