<story><title>Gov Parson pushes to prosecute reporter who found security flaw in state site</title><url>https://missouriindependent.com/2021/10/21/parson-doubles-down-on-push-to-prosecute-reporter-who-found-security-flaw-in-state-site/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Acutulus</author><text>I find the article title kind of curious, given that it states Parson has &amp;quot;doubled down&amp;quot; which suggests that the video the article references is an active effort on Parson&amp;#x27;s part. It then goes on to state that the video was produced by a PAC Parson created but doesn&amp;#x27;t give direct input to. Comes off as unnecessarily inflammatory to me I suppose.&lt;p&gt;Having said that, this situation in particular really tests my willingness to assume good faith on the part of the governor and his body of advisors. Is he legitimately without a single person close to him that could inform him of how misguided this line of aggression is, and how fortunate it was that the individual who identified the security problem acted in such a helpful manner? On top of that he assigned the Missouri State Highway Patrol to investigate, because given his perceived severity of the situation that&amp;#x27;s the best agency at his disposal? It all just seems bananas.&lt;p&gt;I try not to assume that totally inane actions from elected officials are exclusively the result of political calculus, and I suppose I don&amp;#x27;t have any evidence to assume that&amp;#x27;s the case here either. But I&amp;#x27;m at a loss as to how this situation could blossom into something so ridiculous.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>nrmitchi</author><text>This situation is keeping his name in the spotlight, and people will, in general, be more likely to vote for names that they recognize.&lt;p&gt;I don&amp;#x27;t believe that there is any other reason here.</text></comment>
<story><title>Gov Parson pushes to prosecute reporter who found security flaw in state site</title><url>https://missouriindependent.com/2021/10/21/parson-doubles-down-on-push-to-prosecute-reporter-who-found-security-flaw-in-state-site/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Acutulus</author><text>I find the article title kind of curious, given that it states Parson has &amp;quot;doubled down&amp;quot; which suggests that the video the article references is an active effort on Parson&amp;#x27;s part. It then goes on to state that the video was produced by a PAC Parson created but doesn&amp;#x27;t give direct input to. Comes off as unnecessarily inflammatory to me I suppose.&lt;p&gt;Having said that, this situation in particular really tests my willingness to assume good faith on the part of the governor and his body of advisors. Is he legitimately without a single person close to him that could inform him of how misguided this line of aggression is, and how fortunate it was that the individual who identified the security problem acted in such a helpful manner? On top of that he assigned the Missouri State Highway Patrol to investigate, because given his perceived severity of the situation that&amp;#x27;s the best agency at his disposal? It all just seems bananas.&lt;p&gt;I try not to assume that totally inane actions from elected officials are exclusively the result of political calculus, and I suppose I don&amp;#x27;t have any evidence to assume that&amp;#x27;s the case here either. But I&amp;#x27;m at a loss as to how this situation could blossom into something so ridiculous.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>UncleOxidant</author><text>&amp;gt; is he legitimately without a single person close to him that could inform him of how misguided this line of aggression is&lt;p&gt;I would not be surprised if that is the case. Or if he does have such a person he is only hearing what he wants to hear.</text></comment>