Re: [TSCM-L] {5928} Well Aint that a Bitch

From: John Young <j..._at_pipeline.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 18:57:17 -0500

However, export laws can be, and are, by-passed by governments
and with government approval, so can commercial transactions.
This is customarily done in secret, and participants are expected
to deny it is going on although the evidence is obvious as with
REI and a slew of others, perhaps all those who jump at the
chance to operate with government blessing. Consider the
lesson the devil taught Dr. Faust.

This can put a participant in jeorpardy when government(s) decide
to punish for alleged infractions. Even when a government blesses
a secret deal it can extort additional services, often criminal, from
a participant, and if the participant balks then down comes the
axe, and it can be a big one, verily a guillotine. Hello, Marty,
hello others here who have had their heads handed to them.

There are instances where one of those punished can only
be redeemed by serving as a deeper covert agent of the
government, sell compromised equipment and services
as exemplified in the notorious Crypto AG affair. As well
as become an informant on former associattes who may
not know they are always double-checked and double-crossed
by those who appear to be their benefactors. No honor among
malefactors.

This is standard behavior of governments operating in secrecy.
Go into the world of government contracting under terms of
secrecy at your peril. It is almost impossible to escape --
for a lifetime.

Still, there are millions in that trap and they are not likely to
want out when read the exit consequences. And as budgets
decrease they will turn on each other, the most vicious the
survivors. We see a big increase in militarization of law
enforcement and many other civil agencies.

If you subscribe to the DoJ press releases you will know that
it is slowly rolling up those who thought they understood the
system of secret government largesse.

Export is a slice of a big pie called National Security, it is
worldwide, and it is has a lot of chickens coming home to
roost. Well, if chickens are ever expanding definition of
terrorists.

Preaching to the choir, here, no question. But the charade of
pretending laws are not regularly broken in the name of
national security is ancient, ineradicable, and needs victims
to terrify the inmates and pleasure taxpayers.

Natsec religion is infested with rats, stings, ploys,
treachery, deception, spies, betrayers, preachers, lawyers, aw
hell, every varmint you can think of, biblical by cracky.

The believers will swear they do what they do because others
like them are terrible. And then call themselves heroes to boot.
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