Kevin Mitnick was interviewed by Stephen Colbert on the Colbert Report. Mitnick spent five years in prison for a series of hacks in the 1990s against telecommunications- and technology firms. Colbert wondered aloud whether the U.S. government shouldn t hire Mitnick to work for it given that the Chinese are crawling all over our networks Mitnick s past criminal activity would almost certainly disqualify him from government work an obstacle that prevents many of the most talented security experts from contributing their talents to the defense of their nation.
Source: https://threatpost.com/colbert-us-should-unleash-kevin-mitnick-secret-weapon-081911/75561/