But perhaps unlike the Syrians, they have a black list budget that could afford plenty of backup storage. Of course some people are more paranoid than others, some more trusting of the government, but knowing what we know now, I’m betting that a significant portion of the population wouldn’t believe that there was no super-secret backup facility, or that the back-doors in hardware and software were well and truly closed to prevent a relapse.
Sadly, I think they’re in the position of having to prove a negative. I don’t envy them that, but that’s the hole I think they’ve dug for themselves.
