[jstrieb]

I read a post on HN a while back about how the government occasionally allows leaks/is tolerant of them because sometimes they use leaks to their advantage for altering public perception, and they won't be able to do that if there aren't occasional legitimate leaks.

[ianai]

when you've got game theorists and all sorts of mathematicians staffing the NSA/other think tanks you're going to wind up with all sorts of first-bluff odd tactics