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It was a case of spies watching spies watching spies: Israeli intelligence officers looked on in real time as Russian government hackers searched computers around the world for the code names of American intelligence programs. What gave the Russian hacking, detected more than two years ago, such global reach was its improvised search tool — antivirus software made by a Russian company, Kaspersky Lab, that is used by 400 million people worldwide, including by officials at some two dozen American government agencies. The Israeli officials who had hacked into Kaspersky’s own network alerted the United States to the broad Russian...

Spies , Lies, and Other Nonsense Quick : hide in the basement ! The Spies are coming !! Really ? Well……not really – but you have to admit it makes a nice distraction from the (reasonably successful) Iraqi elections , and it helps the ailing NY Times boost circulation –AND promotes a book one of its writers has ready for release. (There isn’t enough money in the world to buy that kind of advertising !) It also helps Congressional politicians do a little early electioneering by stalling re-approval of the Patriot Act, and by demanding an “investigation” of something they...