From: "<pstira@escape.com>" <pstira@escape.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 1996 05:18:55 +0800
To: Bruce Schneier <schneier@counterpane.com>
Subject: Re: What the NSA is patenting...
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On Tue, 3 Sep 1996, Bruce Schneier wrote:

> I just spent a pleasant hour or so searching a patent database for all
> patents assigned to the NSA.  There's some interesting stuff:
> 
> 	"Self-locking, tamper-evident package"
> 	Method of retrieving documents that concern the same topic"
> 

Oh Bruce, Bruce, Bruce,
Say it ain't so -- the NSA is trying to patent the

                   GUMMED ENVELOPE ???!

*NOW* I have truly seen everything.

-Millie.