On: Detaining David Miranda

[doktrin]

That doesn't really pass the sniff test. That's a conniving strategy, which isn't reflected in the extremely clumsy execution.

There's often no need to look for more complicated explanations when simple incompetence will suffice. This felt like a bad, impulsive decision.

[jpttsn → doktrin]

Right, don't attribute to malice what is adequately explained by incompetence. The problem is that when it's the NSA et. al, the spies, incompetence is treated as less likely than manipulation. I really don't know whether this is correct; I just know the underlying assumption of incompetence might not be warranted in every case.