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Iran Acknowledges Espionage At Nuclear Facilities
wiredmikey writes "Iran acknowledged Saturday that some personnel at the country's nuclear facilities were lured by promises of money to pass secrets to the West but insisted increased security and worker privileges have put a stop to the spying. The stunning admission by Vice President Ali Akbar Salehi provides the clearest government confirmation that Iran has been fighting espionage at its nuclear facilities."
... seems a rather odd word for a news source to use in this context. I probably would have gone with "claims" unless the Washington Post has concrete sources saying that such espionage has occurred.
In that case every single country should spy on US because no other country has been that dangerous to human kind!!
Except that there's no need to spy - it's not like they're being very covert about their actions and intentions. It's more like "Fuck you, I'll do what I want - I'm America! Americaaaaa, FUCK YEAH!!!".
which is totally what she said
Iran is being spied upon. And in other news, horoscopes are fake and pie is delicious.
Horoscopes aren't fake, they're a real thing. They're right there in the back of the newspaper every day, it's the predictions that are fake. The horoscopes themselves are perfectly real, why you'd think otherwise confuses me.
The predictions aren't fake either. They're right there in the horoscope section of your newspaper. They may never come true, but they are real predictions. I may predict that nobody is going to respond to this post and that prediction may end up being true or false, but the prediction in itself is a real prediction. It's the believe horoscope predictions become true that is fake. Why you'd think otherwise confuses me.
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Of course, it burns off in the oven
This is a dangerous myth (Mythbusters, here's some new material) that it all burns off. Especially in an oven, where is the alcohol gonna go? Into the food!
It's dangerous for diabetics, pregnants, and young children (studies show it inhibits brain development) mostly though. 1/4 cup of vodka is a blip to everyone else.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooking_with_alcohol
That 1/4 cup in a pie crust typically gets cut into 8 slices. So each slice has 1/32 of a cup or about 7.4 mL. According to the wikipedia article, if you cook the pie for only 15 minutes 40% of the alcohol remains which means 4 mL per pie slice. I suppose that could still be dangerous to some, but it's nothing like serving 1/4 cup straight to a person.
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"Iran Acknowledges Espionage At Nuclear Facilities"
From the headline, I thought Iran had admitted to espionage at foreign nuclear facilities which would have been more newsworthy.
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That can be summed up as MICE:
Money. This is an easy one to understand. People are greedy. You find the right kind of person and toss the right amount of money (surprisingly too much can be as ineffective as too little) at them, they'll do it. Yes it is dangerous but then people get in to drug trafficking all the time and that is dangerous even if you don't take jail in to account. The money makes it attractive to some.
Ideology. Some people disagree with the ideals of their government. Some REALLY disagree. This is true in any nation, but Iran probably has more problems than most. If you've not noticed their government has been having a bit of a popularity problem lately to the point of massive protests and fixed elections. So someone may decide it is worth the risk to help a nation they see as having the proper ideology, a nation that can maybe help against the government in Iran.
Conscience. Most humans have one, even if it sometimes has a rather strange calibration. When someone's conscience is offended enough, they may go and do things like espionage despite the risks. Perhaps some people are really worried, they suspect that the reactors will be used for weapons, and they think the government is crazy enough to use them. They don't want to see their country destroyed, so they try and help other nations to put a stop to the nuclear program.
Ego. Some people will do it just for pure ego, just for the thrill basically. They figure they can get away with it, they are smarter than the government, whatever, just pure ego drives them. Stupid? Sure, but then think about how many cases of pure ego pushing people to do stupid things you've seen.
That is just how it goes. Punishments don't matter. The US managed to spy on the Soviet Union successfully plenty, and the punishment there was death after torture basically (torture wasn't official, just a part of the interrogation basically). Spying has been going on forever, and will probably continue to do so. It is generally dealt with very harshly (death is an extremely common sentence in history) but it still happens.
With all the spying the government does on Americans, they'd damn well better be spying on our enemies. Isn't this EXACTLY what the CIA and friends are for?
The US isn't interested in technical innovations. They're interested in just how close Iran is to building a nuclear weapon.
lol, the guy mentioned obama in the list (and krugman), and you're all 'you forgot obama, you partisan hack'.
someone's a partisan hack here, and it aint the guy you were replying to.
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Is this the MPAA? Is this the RIAA? Is this the DMCA? I thought it was the USA!
Have you never opened an oven after baking, say, a frozen pizza, and had the escaping moist heat cloud up your glasses? That's where it goes.
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Also you're serving them pie, which is already dangerous to diabetics and children.
Seriously, Americans are way too fearful of alcohol. A little bit now and then really won't hurt anyone more than some sugar would.