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From: Henry Baker
Date: Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 5:46 PM
Subject: [Cryptography] Liar Paradox Redux
To: cryptography@metzdowd.com
FYI --
https://slashdot.org/story/18/01/24/1555258/nsa-deletes-honesty-and-openness...
NSA Deletes 'Honesty' and 'Openness' From Core Values (theintercept.com)
Posted by msmash on Wednesday January 24, 2018 @10:55AM from the
closer-look dept.
An anonymous shares a report: The National Security Agency maintains a
page on its website that outlines its mission statement. But earlier
this month, the agency made a discreet change: It removed "honesty" as
its top priority. Since at least May 2016, the surveillance agency
had featured honesty as the first of four "core values" listed on
NSA.gov, alongside "respect for the law," "integrity," and
"transparency." The agency vowed on the site to "be truthful with
each other." On January 12, however, the NSA removed the mission
statement page -- which can still be viewed through the Internet
Archive -- and replaced it with a new version. Now, the parts about
honesty and the pledge to be truthful have been deleted. The agency's
new top value is "commitment to service," which it says means
"excellence in the pursuit of our critical mission." Those are not
the only striking alterations. In its old core values, the NSA
explained that it would strive to be deserving of the "gre
at trust" placed in it by national leaders and American citizens. It
said that it would "honor the public's need for openness." But those
phrases are now gone; all references to "trust," "honor," and
"openness" have disappeared.
https://theintercept.com/2018/01/24/nsa-core-values-honesty-deleted/
Thomas Groves, a spokesperson for the agency, said: "It's nothing more
than a website update, that's all it is."
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Is it just me, or are logicians Bertrand Russell and Kurt Goedel
rolling in their graves?
A stopped clock is right twice a day...
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