James S. Tyre: > Oddly, a former NSA operative I know was, while still with NSA, the Mayor of > the nearby > town in which he lived. Perhaps his colleagues stuffed the ballot box for > him. '-)
You kid, but this is not how this sort of manipulation would work. Even with E-Voting being the sham that it is, as Kennedy (I think?) said, "You can steal a close race, but you can't steal a landslide." In reality, NSA operatives are more likely to use their power for destroying/manipulating political opponents by obtaining information that could be used against them. For well-documented historical examples, just look at Nixon, Hoover, etc. For a more recent example: I suspect it was more than mere coincidence that allowed the Petraeus affair to be discovered.. Even if you are disinclined to believe in conspiracy in that particular case, it serves as a textbook example for how one could take down a high-ranking political official who suddenly becomes "inconvenient", using only inappropriately obtained information... -- Mike Perry
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