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Obama Taps Well-Known Hacker as Security Adviser
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| 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."
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posted on
06/08/2009 10:47:22 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: Dead Corpse
To: Schnucki
So is Mitnick and he has a huge home in Vegas.
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posted on
06/08/2009 10:54:25 AM PDT
by
Vendome
To: machogirl
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posted on
06/08/2009 10:55:25 AM PDT
by
Vendome
To: DustyMoment
Obama tends to reward the dishonest.
Thick as thieves they are, thick as thieves.
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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)
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.
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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.)
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.
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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)
To: COBOL2Java
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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)
To: Anti-Kenyan
I see no reason to believe that this would be the case.
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posted on
06/08/2009 11:38:12 AM PDT
by
El Sordo
To: Joiseydude
I feel safer already. Not. He’s probably going to hack into this site and subjugate us all.
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posted on
06/08/2009 11:49:07 AM PDT
by
TheThinker
(America doesn't have a president. It has a usurper.)
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*
To: Vendome
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06/08/2009 1:50:33 PM PDT
by
machogirl
(not one of Rush's top-ten gal names)
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