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How to Spot a Spook 16 years ago

>> I guess in conclusion, you shouldn't go around feeling >> all clever just because you've figured out some secret >> that you think some intelligence agency didn't want you >> to know.

I understand what you are saying between the lines. The problem still is i didnt expose a secret when i referenced a unclassified document, which was uploaded by a third party. Also i didnt say that no agency would want me to know.

>> They have layers upon layers of secrets, and some of >> them are designed to be discovered.

I feel this is a good analogy for this audience. [Edit: a good analogy of people in this audience who work with software stacks.]

How to Spot a Spook 16 years ago

True. That may be the reason why the same website published the following two days later: State Department Telephone Directory May 2010, http://cryptome.org/state-phones.zip As far as i understand the abbreviations define "USEO" as "United states Embassy Office" [page A-2], however nothing in the name listing contains "USEO". The document is unclassified after all. However it may very well contain past or future "spooks".