
UNITEDRAKE and Hacking under FISA Orders
Among the things Shadow Brokers did by releasing the UNITEDRAKE manual is make it clear NSA hacks people under FISA orders, and does so using a tool that can impersonate the user of a targeted computer with the click of a button.
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Shadow Brokers' Persistence: Where TSB Has Signed, Message, Hosted, and Collected
Given recent changes in the Shadow Brokers' operational security I thought I'd document where he's been hosting and signing.

Don Jr Does Not Recall Not Recalling Rinat Akhmetshin at the June 9 Meeting
Here are the three things Don Jr can't remember about the June 9, 2016 meeting: what Emin Agalarov told him to expect from the meeting in calls arranged beforehand, what he told his Dad about the meeting, and that a suspected spook previously accused of hacking was there.

EO 12333 Sharing Will Likely Expose Security Researchers Even More Via Back Door Searches
At Motherboard, I have piece arguing that the best way to try to understand the Marcus Hutchins (MalwareTech) case is not from what we see in his indictment for authoring code that appears in a piece of Kronos malware sold in 2015. Instead,…

Facebook's Global Data: A Parallel Intelligence Source Rivaling NSA
Facebook has now released what amount to two intelligence reports on Russia's tampering with the election last year. Those reports represent global intelligence collection that rivals and parallels NSA's collection.

John Sipher's Garbage Post Arguing the Steele Dossier Isn't Garbage
Former CIA officer John Sipher argues that we should still use the Steele dossier as a narrative through which to view the Russia story. His post is so problematic that it proves we should not.

The Post-Press Michael Cohen Details in the Steele Dossier
All the Steele dossier reports on Michael Cohen come after reporters would have been working to confirm the contents of it.

CNN Worries about Mueller's Aggressive Tactics, But Real Concern May Be Senate Intelligence Committee
CNN blames Robert Mueller for confusion about whether it can obtain a transcript of Paul Manafort's interview transcript from SSCI. But given a similar problem exists or existed with SJC, the problem may like with SSCI.

The Dialectical Imagination by Martin Jay: Conclusion On Labor Day
Freedom is not achieved through the formal logic, the rationality, of capitalism.

Two Addendums To Ben Wittes' "How to Read an Investigation"
Ben Wittes has some helpful rules about how to read all the stories about the Mueller probe. I'd add just a few rules.

On the Lawfare over the Steele Dossier
Between all the legal actions in the UK and US, Christopher Steele and his colleagues have been made to reveal some sketchy information about the Trump dossier.

Rinat Ahkmetshin: "Nothing Is Secret."
A FT interview with Rinat Akhmetshin raises still more question about what his role in parallel events in the election intelligence last year.

Battle For The Wheel Trash Talk
I swore I would not do Trash until the NFL started playing real games, but it turns out there is a very special game in this, the first week of college football. It is stunning that two dynasty college teams that usually open up with patsies…

Did FBI Plan Russia's Fire Sale in San Francisco for a Specific Reason?
The flames arising from the diplomatic facilities Russia has been forced to close are normal. The searches of the facilities afterwards are not. Is FBI doing this in search of specific information?

The UK's New Revolving Door Hacker Prosecution
The UK has engaged in a fascinating revolving door extradition with its subject Daniel Kaye, who is accused of attacking Lloyds with the Mirai botnet. It's the other things they're not charging him for that are more interesting.
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Reality Winner Claims NSA's Collection on Russians Had Already Been Compromised
In a declaration, Reality Winner reveals that she told FBI Agents she believed the collection points used to track Russia's hacking of VR Systems were already burned when she leaked the document.

NYT's Churlish Vote Hacking Story Should Name Reality Winner
The NYT has a story that advances our understanding of the extent to which election infrastructure providers got hacked last year. But in the process, they give no credit to those who have already been working in this area.

Guccifer 2.0: What about those DCCC and "Clinton Foundation" documents
The research into Guccifer 2.0 ignores a lot of subsequent data that doesn't support their arguments.

The Dialectical Imagination by Martin Jay: The Enlightenment
The project of human domination of nature has limits.

On the New (and Not-So New) Claims about Guccifer 2.0
The debate about whether Guccifer 2.0 was WikiLeaks source focuses on the July 22 dump, when it really should focus on the October dump.
