@ericgarland To employ the full power of quantum computing & a host of other tools before dictatorships could use them to destroy us, the only alternative was to let everything turn into a single, vast, interconnected crime scene.
Not so much "probable cause" as "beyond a reasonable doubt."
This message is for everyone working on behalf of Russia, China and other foreign powers, and/or transnational organized crime, to commit heinous criminal acts.
Just between you, me, Eric, and the @FBI, I have a bit of friendly advice.
"Buckle up, Buttercup."
@ericgarland@FBI You know the old adage that "We have to be lucky all the time, the terrorists only have to be lucky once"?
Bad news.
When you're committing treason in an insane, sprawling conspiracy connecting virtually every inept spy, asset and major criminal conspiracy on Earth...
So, with 3 weeks to the election, why not start a book club?
Not really, but here's an early public discussion of automated micro-corporate entities &/or subsentient programs running wild & destroying everything as evolutionary algorithms.
The novel is Accelerando, and in case you're wondering why I figured out the basic methods of using evolutionary algorithms in psychological warfare - not to mention why it was fundamentally suicidal - here's one of them.
Another would be the "basilisk hack."
Langford started with basilisks - images triggering thoughts a human mind can't handle, cognitively or physically.
Other creators made them even more formidable and subversive, ultimately rewriting the target's mind or even their entire body... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lan…
@ericgarland A thought or two on. What. This. Means.
First, if you were going to take down foreign intelligence and transnational organized crime despite interference from Trump and Barr, state charges through New York would be ideal.
And all the money ultimately ties into US banking, which ultimately runs, one way or another, through New York.
Giving them insane reach, especially in cooperation with the Federal government.
@ericgarland But what makes this especially interesting?
A couple points, really.
Yes, the NRA has been implicated in immense operations with Russian intelligence to manipulate US elections and influence us through psychological warfare.
@ericgarland Everyone protesting against the banning of TikTok... who *know* what it is?
That's very telling, actually.
And a consequence of how the strategic ground has narrowed into a single pass our adversaries - Russia, China, etc - believe they must traverse or perish.
@ericgarland Being forced to fight on ground of your adversaries' choosing can be lethal.
Denying you freedom of maneuver, allowing them to set the terms of your meeting, and so forth.
Especially if you don't know exactly where they'll make their stand.
@ericgarland You can end up funneling your whole force through... "Hot Gates," if you will.
Hurling the worst possible troops into the spears and shields of a phalanx, trained, determined, skilled, impossible to flank, and ready to fight to the death.