The dirty little secret of the intelligence-gathering job is that information doesn't just want to be free-it wants to hang out on street corners wearing gang colors and terrorizing the neighbors. (Charles Stross)

The dirty little secret of the intelligence-gathering job is that information doesn't just want to be free-it wants to hang out on street corners wearing gang colors and terrorizing the neighbors.

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