Sunday, August 11, 2019
MATW
Several commenters on the Epstein mess wonder if he set up a tripwire data dump in case of murder. They compare with Assange, who openly claimed that he had a tripwire. If such a mechanism exists, why was Epstein killed anyway?
Good question, no obvious answer.
The tripwire is often seen in fiction, but recent history shows that it never happens. In fact the opposite happens. When secret-holding leaders are assassinated, the data goes farther underground. It doesn't suddenly appear after death.
Best hypothesis: Among the leadership class everyone functions by Mutually Assured Dumps. The people who could possibly release Epstein's dump are bound by a dozen other blackmails and NDAs. When a leader dies, his power dies with him. He is no longer a vector pulling toward release, and all the other vectors are pulling toward concealment.
None of the data is in a place where outsiders or non-NDAs could get to it.
Assange's situation is technically different, but so far the result is the same. When he was impounded in the Embassy, releases stopped. When he was transferred to jail, nothing new came out. If he had any tripwires, none have been tripped yet.
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Later thought: This item and previous item are both about what happens when you remove a relay, and both show that the real effect is unexpected! When Bell wired around the telegraph relay, he expected the sound would get worse because he thought the sound was being carried by digital impulses. When Epstein's data relay was de-energized by death, commenters expected the open relay would stop providing power to the concealment mechanism. In fact the relay was in parallel, not series, so all the other concealment relays continued powering the mechanism.
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