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agent46

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8. It could also be
Sat Aug 24, 2013, 10:53 AM
Aug 2013

Last edited Sat Aug 24, 2013, 11:32 AM - Edit history (1)

It could also be:

Religious fanatics doing "god's work" for their organizations and activist groups.

Self-styled patriots doing their paranoid best against the Illuminati controlled machinery of the slave planet on behalf of their personal beliefs and affiliations.

Entrepreneurs in the free capitalist tradition using their access to provide paid information services to a trusted network of business clients.

Political operatives with access giving recommendations to party strategists and politicians without disclosing any classified information.

Unscrupulous employees with stock brokers.

And so on...

There are as many misuses for these programs as there are people who will make excuses for them.

...breaking for coffee.

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