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		pqtyw 57 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Iran-linked hackers breach FBI director's personal... > border-line (to be polite) corrumption Hard to imagine what would constitute "full blown corruption" based on this standard?

panta 57 days ago [–]

Maybe it's borderline because it's coming from the other direction. Corruption presumes some kind of "covertness", when you break all the rules without even trying to be discreet can you still talk of corruption?

philipov 57 days ago | [–]

Yes. Only people who are used to living in non-corrupt countries presume corruption is covert.

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