Wednesday, December 08, 2010












don't shoot the messenger

Threaten to publish data about a financial institution; arrested within the week.

He's an activist with an anti-American agenda, and each time he releases a cable with information on US critical infrastructure, he makes himself that much more of a legitimate target.

Perhaps you can arrange to have him subjected to "enhanced interrogation".

You would be saving lives after all, yes?

Anyone who thinks this isn't a government/industry take-down is, quite frankly, stupid.

kompromat - the use of sexual allegations to denigrate a person perceived as a threat to the state. A fascinating point about kompromat is that being cleared of the allegations - as happens in virtually every case - doesn't help, as the blackening of reputation has taken effect.

more at metafilter

Thursday, October 14, 2010

Tuesday, January 26, 2010