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Warren Stupidity

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1. They might know what he had access to

Reply to kentuck (Original post)

Tue Aug 20, 2013, 08:30 PM

Aug 2013

but they probably don't know how much he took. So they know what the worst case scenario is, and it seems it is bad enough to provoke the clumsy heavy handed reaction from the national security state.

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Is it possible the NSA did not know what files Snowden had access to? [View all] kentuck Aug 2013 OP

They might know what he had access to Warren Stupidity Aug 2013 #1

I'll go with this LearningCurve Aug 2013 #9

Probably depends on how good a hacker Snowden is pscot Aug 2013 #2

Given his position and the NSA's totally inept controls, sure riqster Aug 2013 #3

It appears Snowden had access only to non-codeword material jmowreader Aug 2013 #4

But Snowden said that he had had access to all the names pnwmom Aug 2013 #5

Snowden also said he was able to read the president's email jmowreader Aug 2013 #6

Something's certainly panicking them beyond all reason. DirkGently Aug 2013 #7

It's irksome. They *invented* the computer software that makes this kind of auditing possible Recursion Aug 2013 #8

No. But as sysadmin there's no way to tell what he took. Not really. DevonRex Aug 2013 #10

When you outsource 75% of the load to civilians, yep. joshcryer Aug 2013 #11

Unlikely they *really* don't have file access auditing on their systems. kenny blankenship Aug 2013 #12