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this guy will get offered a dream gig in computer security, guarens.

the lapses his hax revealed are worth millions to the pentagon.

ergo, they'll be paying him some of them, once he's had his knuckles rapped for being a naughty teen.

you could almost see his 'ufo research' as a job application!

~Government budget deficits are not nearly as dangerous as the deficits we have created in vital and complex natural systems.~ Naomi Klein.

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Wed Jul 30th, 2008 at 07:48:46 PM EST
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I think you ignore the level of vindictiveness from the US (& therefore, UK) governments towards any imagined threat, not just now but in the past.

He will go to jail and will be denied all access to computers until such time as his expertise is historical.

After all, he's not an expert. He knows enough to be dangerous and is dogged in his determination. But by the knowledge standards of expertise, he's just a rat who gnawed through a cable.

keep to the Fen Causeway

by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Thu Jul 31st, 2008 at 05:12:39 AM EST
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Sorry, the expertise in the 2nd sentence was supposed to be "expertise". the post constradicts itself otherwise.

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Thu Jul 31st, 2008 at 05:14:16 AM EST
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more fools them, then, if that's true.

you don't think he'd come in handy for counter-espionage, there are a lot of cables to chew into...

~Government budget deficits are not nearly as dangerous as the deficits we have created in vital and complex natural systems.~ Naomi Klein.

by melo (melometa4(at)gmail.com) on Fri Aug 1st, 2008 at 10:17:10 AM EST
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