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    1. Jake Williams‏ @MalwareJake 19 Dec 2017

      If a Somali terrorist blew up a bomb in NYC using explosives supplied by the Syrian government, I don't think we'd ever talk about the attack without talking about Syria. Whether you like it or not, the US supplied the "explosives" for WannaCry. We need to own this. 1/n

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    2. Eric Geller‏Verified account @ericgeller 19 Dec 2017
      Replying to @MalwareJake

      More like if the terrorist used explosives stolen from the Syrian government

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    3. Jake Williams‏ @MalwareJake 19 Dec 2017
      Replying to @ericgeller

      I don't think we'd make that distinction if the Syrian government developed (and then lost) the special explosive formula that allowed it to be smuggled past our defenses unprotected.

      3 replies 0 retweets 22 likes
    4. Eric Geller‏Verified account @ericgeller 19 Dec 2017
      Replying to @MalwareJake

      Hmm. I think we would.

      2 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
    5. Jake Williams‏ @MalwareJake 19 Dec 2017
      Replying to @ericgeller

      I guess a lot of that depends on whether it was politically expedient. But I take your point.

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    6. Eric Geller‏Verified account @ericgeller 19 Dec 2017
      Replying to @MalwareJake

      I just think there's an obvious difference between a foreign government's incompetence and its active assistance. We'd of course still take some steps if it were incompetence.

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    7. Jake Williams‏ @MalwareJake 19 Dec 2017
      Replying to @ericgeller

      That's a fair distinction. There's a lot of nuance to this discussion and a lot of unknowns. Based on what we know today, would you call this incompetence on our part? More importantly, do you think the US gov would consider it actionable incompetence if it were anyone else?

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    8. Eric Geller‏Verified account @ericgeller 19 Dec 2017
      Replying to @MalwareJake

      Yes, I would call this incompetence. Keeping the vuln a secret is intentional, but losing control of it is not. That's the most relevant part IMO.

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      Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 19 Dec 2017
      Replying to @ericgeller @MalwareJake

      That'd be a better argument if, like explosives, digital weapons (exploits) were one-time use. A better analogue here are biological weapons, with their endless reproducibility. There, we would rightly ask if gov should have risked producing/storing them at all, given this risk.

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        2. Eric Geller‏Verified account @ericgeller 19 Dec 2017
          Replying to @Snowden @MalwareJake

          But the argument that the U.S. needs to craft digital weapons can be made, whereas I don't know that you can argue that we need biological weapons.

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        3. Jake Williams‏ @MalwareJake 19 Dec 2017
          Replying to @ericgeller @Snowden

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