> In meetings prior to this incident, subordinates who were probably programmers, technical writers and other professionals repeatedly warned there was a problem. They were ignored. Not only were they ignored they were repeatedly threatened with their jobs if they didn't shut up and start being team players.

The company then went on to hire a 23-year-old "security expert" with no experience becuase he put "Agile" on his resume. The six 45-year-olds with actual experience and demonstrated knowledge and ability were passed over because they were "too old."

> There are reports that air traffic control are making more mistakes due to the stress and that existing accident reports are not being reviewed. Former intelligence officers are saying that the mixture of economic stress and anger means that many government employees are greater targets for espionage. A lot of Cybersecurity workers are furloughed meaning that many servers and computers are not be getting patched and networks are not getting monitored. The FBI is reporting that it can't afford to pay off its informants which is hindering its investigations. Those are just some of the many …