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> I have been told from very well placed sources in the US Intelligence community this is probably a hit do you realize how specifically you have to know the r

> I have been told from very well placed sources in the US Intelligence community this is probably a hit do you realize how specifically you have to know the right person for an individual in the intel community to even remotely come close to knowing anything similar to this? not only are there over 100,000 that technically "work" in the intel community. 95% of those are not even in operations. even 5% of those in the field, 90% of those are working in intel related to external sources. so what is that, we're down to the last .5% of individual who happen to work in operations, who happen to work on foreign/domestic actors within US who happen to focus in SF? yes, focus in SF, because people in the field don't have intel on what neighboring fields are doing unless they are "read-on." that's what sensitive comparmentalized information means--that you don't have any access unless you're directly involved with supporting that specific operation. it's very highly likely that you're with some dweeb that works some support role, probably not even intel related. I can't even begin to tell you how many incompetent people work in this arena and how much even love to exaggerate and that they're part of something 'important'

blog0r 3y ago
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- jytechdevops 3y ago
  did you really create a new account just to respond to these posts?
  - koalacola 3y ago
    I'm fairly certain they did.
    - Freedom2 3y ago
      [dead]
pcthrowaway 3y ago
I imagine even if the person doesn't know the specifics of the case, they can take a look at the police report and make a professional assessment on whether it was a random attack or something else. It's also possible the phrasing resulted in a miscommunication between the "intelligence professional" and the person upthread (they could have said something like "it wasn't random", and Bob's grieving friend referred to that as a hit) In almost every random stabbing, the person doing it is arrested, no? To be clear, I'm talking about random, unplanned, and unmotivated stabbings, not premeditated robberies and other similar crimes.
- jytechdevops 3y ago
  very sensible, definitely can see your logic. thanks for sharing!
  - pcthrowaway 3y ago
    It also just occurred to me that there is no mention of a suspective motive in the report The police statement did not provide any details on the circumstances of the stabbing. “This is an open and active investigation. For that reason we are not releasing further information,” Officer Niccole Pacchetti, a public information officer, said in an email. “We will provide further details when they become available.” If it was an obvious robbery, I would expect the police to be OK with mentioning that in their statement (in other words, saying valuables were taken and it looks like a somewhat random robbery). And maybe his wallet/phone were taken, but if police thought it was an open-and-shut motive, I don't see why they wouldn't mention that.
    - krn 3y ago
      If he was indeed the creator of Cash App, he could have been playing a part in the current SEC investigation: https://hindenburgresearch.com/block/ https://hindenburgresearch.com/block/ The report was released just 2 weeks ago.
throwaway292939 3y ago
Not saying you're wrong to be doubtful, but I would imagine being connected in the same locality would get you closer to "the right person"
gsibble 3y ago
Forget I said anything. I made it up.
- krn 3y ago
  There was an interesting comment exchange on FT.com a few hours ago[1]. One person wrote: > Lee’s former company, Block, is currently under investigation by the SEC after the app that he founded (Cash App) was alleged to have been facilitating money laundering. Wonder if there is a connection? And another responded: > A hitman isn't going to use a knife. But when you think about it: if you didn't want something to look like a hit job, that's exactly what you would do – use a knife in downtown San Francisco at 2 AM – and nobody will be surprised. Personally, I find it a little suspicious, that an important individual could have been murdered accidentally in a city with an average of 4 murders per month, just 2 weeks after the SEC opened an investigation into the platform he created[2]. Also, the place of the murder wasn't described as particularly dangerous at night by multiple locals[3][4]. [1] https://www.ft.com/content/f5a27cff-2582-4172-87a4-2861c43c2c7d?commentID=930f94ad-e81f-4414-af57-25a7c1c022ee https://www.ft.com/content/f5a27cff-2582-4172-87a4-2861c43c2... [2] https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/24/report-alleges-cash-app-fraud.html https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/24/report-alleges-cash-app-frau... [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35453269 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35453269 [4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35448995 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35448995
  - gsibble 3y ago
    Now you're getting it.
quickthrower2 3y ago
https://www.dictionary.com/browse/grapevine https://www.dictionary.com/browse/grapevine
biggoodwolf 3y ago
If you knew the kind of people that are my friend's neighbors. Basically you have the 0.01% of a country there, if you know people you know people, information reaches them way faster.

blog0r 3y ago

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jytechdevops 3y ago
did you really create a new account just to respond to these posts?
- koalacola 3y ago
  I'm fairly certain they did.
  - Freedom2 3y ago
    [dead]

pcthrowaway 3y ago

I imagine even if the person doesn't know the specifics of the case, they can take a look at the police report and make a professional assessment on whether it was a random attack or something else. It's also possible the phrasing resulted in a miscommunication between the "intelligence professional" and the person upthread (they could have said something like "it wasn't random", and Bob's grieving friend referred to that as a hit) In almost every random stabbing, the person doing it is arrested, no? To be clear, I'm talking about random, unplanned, and unmotivated stabbings, not premeditated robberies and other similar crimes.

jytechdevops 3y ago
very sensible, definitely can see your logic. thanks for sharing!
- pcthrowaway 3y ago
  It also just occurred to me that there is no mention of a suspective motive in the report The police statement did not provide any details on the circumstances of the stabbing. “This is an open and active investigation. For that reason we are not releasing further information,” Officer Niccole Pacchetti, a public information officer, said in an email. “We will provide further details when they become available.” If it was an obvious robbery, I would expect the police to be OK with mentioning that in their statement (in other words, saying valuables were taken and it looks like a somewhat random robbery). And maybe his wallet/phone were taken, but if police thought it was an open-and-shut motive, I don't see why they wouldn't mention that.
  - krn 3y ago
    If he was indeed the creator of Cash App, he could have been playing a part in the current SEC investigation: https://hindenburgresearch.com/block/ https://hindenburgresearch.com/block/ The report was released just 2 weeks ago.

throwaway292939 3y ago

Not saying you're wrong to be doubtful, but I would imagine being connected in the same locality would get you closer to "the right person"

gsibble 3y ago

Forget I said anything. I made it up.

krn 3y ago
There was an interesting comment exchange on FT.com a few hours ago[1]. One person wrote: > Lee’s former company, Block, is currently under investigation by the SEC after the app that he founded (Cash App) was alleged to have been facilitating money laundering. Wonder if there is a connection? And another responded: > A hitman isn't going to use a knife. But when you think about it: if you didn't want something to look like a hit job, that's exactly what you would do – use a knife in downtown San Francisco at 2 AM – and nobody will be surprised. Personally, I find it a little suspicious, that an important individual could have been murdered accidentally in a city with an average of 4 murders per month, just 2 weeks after the SEC opened an investigation into the platform he created[2]. Also, the place of the murder wasn't described as particularly dangerous at night by multiple locals[3][4]. [1] https://www.ft.com/content/f5a27cff-2582-4172-87a4-2861c43c2c7d?commentID=930f94ad-e81f-4414-af57-25a7c1c022ee https://www.ft.com/content/f5a27cff-2582-4172-87a4-2861c43c2... [2] https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/24/report-alleges-cash-app-fraud.html https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/24/report-alleges-cash-app-frau... [3] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35453269 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35453269 [4] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35448995 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35448995
- gsibble 3y ago
  Now you're getting it.

quickthrower2 3y ago

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/grapevine https://www.dictionary.com/browse/grapevine

biggoodwolf 3y ago

If you knew the kind of people that are my friend's neighbors. Basically you have the 0.01% of a country there, if you know people you know people, information reaches them way faster.