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Ford_Prefect

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25. The answer is buried in the Post story: it was a test of security issues by the Pentagon.
Sun Sep 12, 2021, 03:54 PM
Sep 2021
The IP addresses had never been sold or leased to the company, merely put under its control for the pilot program, created by an elite Pentagon unit known as the Defense Digital Service, which reports directly to the secretary of defense and bills itself as a “SWAT team of nerds” that solves emergency problems and conducts experimental work for the military.
Hope some independent journalist digs a little deeper into the story Blue Owl Sep 2021 #1
incredible gall empedocles Sep 2021 #5
Effin' criminals malaise Sep 2021 #19
There's more to this story, I think. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2021 #2
Good if the whole line, from 'Florida company' and their contacts, was traced back to Pentagon empedocles Sep 2021 #4
Especially since it has been a LLC since 2006 LiberalArkie Sep 2021 #17
Dormant for 15 years? OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2021 #28
Suspect it was a honeypot (trap) for some hackers. LiberalArkie Sep 2021 #18
Kick dalton99a Sep 2021 #3
a little Trojan Horse left on the way out the door? 2naSalit Sep 2021 #6
I am sure Trump and Kushner did many last minute grifts and scams. Irish_Dem Sep 2021 #7
Wonder how much the trump crime family already had in their pockets by 11:59a Jan 20 ? empedocles Sep 2021 #8
I am sure they had already stolen a huge amount of money from the American people by then. Irish_Dem Sep 2021 #9
Link doesn't work. n/t CousinIT Sep 2021 #10
Sorry. Here is another link that worked for me empedocles Sep 2021 #12
Thank you! CousinIT Sep 2021 #15
Putin became the richest man in the world doing this very thing to russia yaesu Sep 2021 #11
It Wasn't TFG ProfessorGAC Sep 2021 #13
Theories, and even ratioales, will abound - methinks empedocles Sep 2021 #14
Like Lewendowski? 2naSalit Sep 2021 #23
Believable ProfessorGAC Sep 2021 #27
ol' Jared has a whole shit pot full of problems t. barrack indictment's deal now ! monkeyman1 Sep 2021 #16
I remember this story showing up last spring. jaxexpat Sep 2021 #20
A Bot of Trump! nt. OAITW r.2.0 Sep 2021 #29
this here's a smoking gun, which investigation I predict will be hidden from our view bringthePaine Sep 2021 #21
Another great WPost article from April of this year Obvious85 Sep 2021 #22
Fuck mysterious NQAS Sep 2021 #24
The answer is buried in the Post story: it was a test of security issues by the Pentagon. Ford_Prefect Sep 2021 #25
This reeked of a Kushner move Bristlecone Sep 2021 #26
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