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In This Issue     Feature: Behind the Snowden Patterns   Quotes of the Week   Takeout Window A Partial Timeline of the Edward Snowden Story   Upcoming SNS Events & Media Links   In Other House News How to Subscribe May I Share This Newsletter? About SNS About the Publisher Where's Mark?

 

 

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Behind the Snowden Patterns

 

This issue is different from anything we have published before: it has the brevity, focus, and immediacy of a Special Alert, with a slightly deeper edit and research cycle. We have published it as quickly as possible, in order for it to be of maximum use to our members.

 

What would you do if you were the leader of China, a country that makes its money primarily by stealing Intellectual Property from inventing nations, and the Mandiant Report had just come out proving your nation's guilt beyond any doubt?

 

What would you do? You can't stop stealing IP; that would lead to economic decline, political unrest, and the possible loss of power of the Communist Party.