[amsau]

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[gurumeditations]

If they tried to blackmail Bezos, then imagine how many senators and representatives they may have blackmail on. This is a true crisis.

[geezerjay]

I always wondered how some regines, including the saudis, managed to get so much access to the US's political leadership.

[rdtsc]

> Just think of this, what if Trump was able to hack every congressman phone?

Something like that already happened: https://www.democracynow.org/2014/8/1/john_brennan_faces_cal...

So what will we do if it happens and we find out. I guess he'll just apologize and we'll pretend it never happened? It worked like that last time:

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/cia-spied-senate-committee

> According to CIA spokesperson Dean Boyd, agency director John Brennan apologized

[amsau]

That’s not the same. The cia didn’t hack phones and blackmailed businessmen and politicians.

Are you trying to change the topic?

[rdtsc]

I quoted your line about executive branch spying on the members of the senate so I replied to that part. It wasn't just a theoretical possibility.

> The cia didn’t hack phones and blackmailed businessmen and politicians.

We know they hacked the devices of senators and even apologized for it later. Did the blackmail them? Could be. How do you know they didn't? Bezos was probably the rare case where he exposed their blackmail, in most cases, because of what it is, blackmail is something that is kept secret.