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Obama Taps Well-Known Hacker as Security Adviser
FoxNews ^ | Monday, June 08, 2009

Posted on 06/08/2009 10:09:44 AM PDT by Joiseydude

The Obama administration is embracing the dark side to help it fight cyberattacks.

On Friday, a well-known hacker was one of 16 people named to the Department of Homeland Security's Advisory Council (HSAC).

Jeff Moss, aka "Dark Tangent," started out as a high-school "phone phreak" making free long-distance calls and later founded the DefCon and Black Hat hackers' conferences

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To: Joiseydude

"You want to find an outlaw, hire an outlaw."

21 posted on 06/08/2009 10:47:22 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: Dead Corpse

Uh oh...


22 posted on 06/08/2009 10:48:00 AM PDT by VanillaBlizzard
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To: Schnucki

So is Mitnick and he has a huge home in Vegas.


23 posted on 06/08/2009 10:54:25 AM PDT by Vendome
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To: machogirl

Kernell got popped


24 posted on 06/08/2009 10:55:25 AM PDT by Vendome
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To: DustyMoment
Obama tends to reward the dishonest.

Thick as thieves they are, thick as thieves.

25 posted on 06/08/2009 10:59:55 AM PDT by 444Flyer (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.--Orwell)
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To: Joiseydude

This, and a tax cheat for treaury secretary, athe latest advisor in Middle East policy, the latest nominations in DoD, etc. - The Federal Government is fully compromised. To the point where Willy Brandt’s administration in Germany would seem fully secure.


26 posted on 06/08/2009 11:05:44 AM PDT by Fred Hayek (Minnesota - You all can go to hell. I'm going to Texas.)
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To: Joiseydude

Actually, it’s a smart move, many hackers have been coopted by government and industry to advise on security systems.

Takes a thief.


27 posted on 06/08/2009 11:08:15 AM PDT by swarthyguy ("We may be crazy in Pakistan, but not completely out of our minds," ISI Gen. Ahmed Shujaa Pasha)
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To: COBOL2Java

Consulting with NSA?


28 posted on 06/08/2009 11:08:37 AM PDT by swarthyguy ("We may be crazy in Pakistan, but not completely out of our minds," ISI Gen. Ahmed Shujaa Pasha)
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To: Anti-Kenyan
I see no reason to believe that this would be the case.
29 posted on 06/08/2009 11:38:12 AM PDT by El Sordo
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To: Joiseydude

I feel safer already. Not. He’s probably going to hack into this site and subjugate us all.


30 posted on 06/08/2009 11:49:07 AM PDT by TheThinker (America doesn't have a president. It has a usurper.)
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To: VanillaBlizzard
Paging Immanuel Goldstein, Deth Veggie, Oxblood Ruffin, Weld Pond, Brian Oblivian, Mudge, UberSnax, et al...

Anyone need a job in the Pentagon?

*evil laugh*

31 posted on 06/08/2009 12:11:20 PM PDT by Dead Corpse (III)
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To: Vendome

ha ha, buttered too?


32 posted on 06/08/2009 1:50:33 PM PDT by machogirl (not one of Rush's top-ten gal names)
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