@SteveBellovin@infosec.exchange
2026-09-22 17:55 UTC
@mattblaze@federate.social @ProPublica@newsie.social That was the scandal that prompted Bob Morris the Elder to note that “I always realized that politicians were bribable, but I didn’t realize I could afford one—and if a Senator costs $50,000, what does the janitor who mops the floors in the [server] room cost?”
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@adamshostack@infosec.exchange 2026-09-22 18:06
@SteveBellovin@infosec.exchange I'm reading a book on the Renaissance, in which Cosmo Medici is quoted having said how cheap it was to bribe his jailers to let him out. @mattblaze@federate.social @ProPublica@newsie.social