[niels_olson]

You probably have no idea the degree to which the IT people in and around the military maximize their belief that those simpleton sailors not in the IT circle of trust are sheeple, and that they, the IT gods are, each and every one, the grand saviors of the Republic.

That sort of arrogance begets an unprecedented sense of entitlement. Coupled with a severe dependence on Microsoft Tuesday updates, and a general inability to recognize an SQL query (not making that up), and you have a real problem.

I would not doubt, for a second, that 134k SSNs were on some contractor's laptop.

[razakel]

>You probably have no idea the degree to which the IT people in and around the military maximize their belief that those simpleton sailors not in the IT circle of trust are sheeple, and that they, the IT gods are, each and every one, the grand saviors of the Republic.

You're posting on HN. I'd wager that a lot of us are or have been guilty of a bias like that.

[niels_olson]

Which provides additional insurance they are unaware...