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

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212 points ck2 | 2 comments | 30 Sep 13 11:58 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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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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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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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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krapp ◴[30 Sep 13 14:45 UTC] No.6469879{3}[source]▶
-1 Kenneth points for implying "fascist" should ever not be used as a perjorative.
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1. Daniel_Newby ◴[30 Sep 13 14:52 UTC] No.6469910{4}[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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2. krapp ◴[30 Sep 13 15:03 UTC] No.6469974[source]▶
you're road is a difficult one.