They didn't realize that paper had metadata...
How did the intercept not know they’re supposed to retype documents that are leaked to them to strip potential embedded metadata?https://twitter.com/ErrataRob/status/871931112221794306 …
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It is very traditional journalist tradecraft to retype leaked documents. They have competent security ppl to advise them.
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It used to be done because of watermarking, the suspicion that it could be in formatting or on the paper. This was typewriter days.
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Nice find. Source?
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"Digital Watermarking and Steganography" Page 5 of ISBN 9780080555805
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I've got dibs on "incompetent nincompoops."
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Dammit! That was gonna be my guess.
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I think after
den and manning the world only remembered the forged gwb reserve papers -
That’s possible. But as far as scoops go this wasn’t worth a young woman’s freedom. :-/
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I assumed they used a photo to "prove authenticity" ... Which, I mean, ... worked.
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Definitely authentic stolen classified data. So, that’s a win.
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They have enough personnel that knows the existence of this type of metadata. Must have been the pressure to pursue the scoop.
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What pressure? This is hardly a time-sensitive leak
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All valid questions.
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The pressure to have the scoop. They didn't know what other media received the documents. And any media always wants the scoop.
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Considering it was printed once (according to the complaint) and hand delivered to this specific news org, I don't see any pressure
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Hand delivered? Source?
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Sorry not specifically delivered by hand. But no indication that there was any pressure to release this ASAP
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Any journalist is always afraid someone else will have the scoop. Don't know the content of the message TI received though.
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