Comment by nl
8 years ago
Does this strike anyone else as suspicious?
What is suspicious about it?
This isn't 4chan. Present some evidence but don't just make up random speculation that "could have happened".
I mean it's possible to come up with elaborate theories, but the most likely explanation is that she was just spectacularly stupid.
or she intended to become a martyr
I'm not sure being this dumb is going to get much sympathy from anyone.
Not stupid, it is just hard to not get caught. Once you see how someone is caught you can say "oh of course I'd never do that", but you'd probably make some other mistake.
Could she and should she have taken better precautions, without a doubt. Would the average intelligence analyst who is not being coached by a foreign power do a better job, I doubt it. In fact many foreign spies have done a far worst job and not been caught immediately. This is because the intelligence they stole was not published. Being a source of a journalist is much harder than being a source for a foreign power.
I agree it's hard not to get caught. But this was just giving it away.