[buzz27]

I'm not a US citizen, but if I was, I would want professionals sworn to defend my country and the constitution to be able to modernize their capabilities. Today, these tools are essential to defense. It may turn out to have been the best defense against RU attempt to Balkanize USA.

[omouse]

The best offense is a good defense. Improving the quality of software in general would be far more beneficial than developing zero-day short-sighted tools.

[morley]

I've never heard the phrase "the best offense is a good defense," but I have heard a great many times the phrase "the best defense is a good offense." I don't have any data to back it up, but inclined to believe the more popular form of the statement.

[LeoPanthera]

"the best offense is a good defense" - 51,600 Google results

"the best defense is a good offense" - 143,000 Google results, and the only one with a Wikipedia article.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_best_defense_is_a_good_off...

[rhino369]

That wouldn't help you break into a Russian generals email account to read his email to his mistress saying he's going to Ukraine for a couple weeks.

The CIA isn't even really responsible to cyber defense. They are an offensive spy agency.

[Bendingo]

I haven't heard of RU attempts to Balkanize USA; could you please elaborate.

[dragonwriter]

Some people have connected Trump's Putin connections with the Russian connections of Calexit to conclude that they are part of a coordinated effort to exacerbate regional divides in the US to the point of Balkanization.