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These folks don't trust one another with information, so it seems unlikely that they'd pass around a laptop loaded with one anothers presentations.

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These folks are also among the most tech-unsavvy people on Earth...

I don’t think it’s too much of a conspiracy theory to think that some foreign intelligence operative might have sensed a opportunity on Wednesday.

This would require them to be in the front line early. I think it's more likely that somebody was randomly there and saw the opportunity. If you look at the videos most seem to be surprised to be in some of low manner. If you have some operative in there you increase chaos by creating some small fire or something ...

Would they have had to be there early? Russian embassy isn't that far away and I think rioters were in there plenty long (wasn't it a couple hours?) for someone to walk over, pay 20 dollars for a trump flag, and walk in unnoticed. I wouldn't be surprised if our embassies and CIA outposts have people ready to take advantage of such situations in other countries.

You have to get through the crowd, and you have to be there before somebody else stole it and in time before police manages to lock down critical offices. Quite some effort.

Compare it to a random person suddenly standing in front of an unprotected laptop from those "bad politicians" ...

This laptop is probably used by staffers in their 20s and 30s. It's not like Nancy Pelosi is administrating IT security.

Uh... their staffers have been caught with their pants down on multiple occassions..

https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/08/01/details-chinese...

https://www.eurasiareview.com/11122020-eric-swalwells-honeyp...

So yeah, pardon if I'm not full of confidence in the levels of discretion these guys exercise.

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