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Re: [perpass] "Its an attack" BCP draft

Paul Ferguson <fergdawgster@mykolab.com> Wed, 20 November 2013 23:26 UTC

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Subject: Re: [perpass] "Its an attack" BCP draft
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On 11/20/2013 3:24 PM, Ted Lemon wrote:

> It's a lot softer to say "we have to treat passive surveillance as an attack because there is no way to distinguish between cases where it is and is not an attack" than it is to say "passive surveillance is an attack."

Strongly concur.

- ferg


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