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Codebreaker found in bag attended US security conference before death (2012)

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212 points ck2 | 7 comments | 30 Sep 13 11:58 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source | bottom
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ck2 ◴[30 Sep 13 12:51 UTC] No.6469267[source]▶
He might have been a pre-Snowden that didn't escape:

Williams was unhappy with his work environment at MI6 and felt he didn't fit in with his colleagues. During the inquest, testimony revealed that the coder had conducted unauthorised searches of an MI6 database

also: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/08/codebreaker-death/

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Ntrails ◴[30 Sep 13 13:24 UTC] No.6469431[source]▶
Or he might have been simply killed for sport. Or because he wanted to be. Or insert claim here
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1. antocv ◴[30 Sep 13 13:37 UTC] No.6469517[source]▶
Thats exactly the point of these murders by intelligence agencies.

Plausible deniability and "point finger and call tinfoil hatter"-ability at anyone who questions their fascist tendencies.

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2. mhurron ◴[30 Sep 13 14:11 UTC] No.6469694[source]▶
Things that can equally be explained by coincidence or as normal part of his job are not good ways to keep people inline by fear of violence.

For government use of force to keep people inline to act as a deterrent you have to have concrete examples of a governments use of force.

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3. antocv ◴[30 Sep 13 14:30 UTC] No.6469784[source]▶
Government can not kill indiscriminately and as a show of force its own citizens as that would upset a lot of citizens as the government is meant to protect them from violence. It has the potential to stir up civil war. It is only then, in case of civil war, that governments chose to display their power in that open way.

Its not the masses that are meant to be kept inline by this murder of a MI6 agent, its the people close to the victim - his colleagues and sympathizers.

4. Daniel_Newby ◴[30 Sep 13 14:40 UTC] No.6469844[source]▶
-1 Daniel Points for using "fascist" as a swear word.
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5. krapp ◴[30 Sep 13 14:45 UTC] No.6469879[source]▶
-1 Kenneth points for implying "fascist" should ever not be used as a perjorative.
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6. Daniel_Newby ◴[30 Sep 13 14:52 UTC] No.6469910{3}[source]▶
Not implied—feel free to call a spade a spade and a fascist a fascist.

Excuse me now, I have to get back to my campaign to stop people from "diffusing tensions".

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7. krapp ◴[30 Sep 13 15:03 UTC] No.6469974{4}[source]▶
you're road is a difficult one.