On Sat, Mar 22, 2008 at 5:05 PM, John C. A. Bambenek, GCIH, CISSP < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "haven't even bothered to notice your name", or what I've been saying > either, wherein lies the entire absurdity of this thread. > > My post meant to convey two things and two things alone: > > One, the absurdity of political candidates falling all over themselves > trying to get to a microphone to get on TV. > Two, that this is not a *newsworthy* story. > > In the time it took you to type this, dozens more have probably died in > Tibet, dozens have died in Kenya, three militaries are sabre-waving at their > respective borders in South America, no one knows when the Serbia-Kosovo > thing will go south, more unborn children have been butchered for the sake > of convenience, and so forth. The information in a passport file is really > low on the list of systems that need to be hardened inside the federal > government. And that doesn't even count how many more significant > intrusions have taken place. > > In fact, I'm sure thousands more National ID numbers (or SSNs if you > prefer the euphemism), CC numbers and so on have been stolen of every day > people who don't have nearly the resources to track down and protect > themselves from the fraud they're likely to see soon enough. > > Even a step further, this shit has taken place in every political campaign > for high office since the dawn of elections... why are we getting bent out > of shape now? Is it because we're disciples of the Church of Obama? Where > you bent out of shape like this when Michael Steele's credit reports were > stolen because I would think a credit report is far more consequential than > what countries you visited? > > The point is, I didn't give a technical response to it, mostly because the > only data we have are token statements from State and press releases from > political campaigns in a hotly contested primary. And even then, those have > been whitewashed through the press. We don't know what the hell happened > yet, but what we do know is that the people involved got fired, and even if > they don't get prosecuted, they're careers are over. In the grand scheme of > life, this is not news. > > So you misattributed my original post to something I did not intend, made > one character attack about my professionalism and then continue it here but > can't even be honest with yourself by putting in disclaimers like "no > offense", but then make ad hominems anyway. I'd just rather you left my > flippant remark about **politics** lie. If you want a technical analysis, > well, I'd like some data first... and money. > > So unless you somehow think my GCIH and CISSP certifications require me to > support Barack "Empty Suit" Obama, I'm not sure what's left to discuss here. > > It was a comment about politics and the media, nothing more. > > > Welcome to funsec... :)
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