From: Mok-Kong Shen <mok-kong.shen@stud.uni-muenchen.de>
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 1998 04:03:22 -0700 (PDT)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: FOIA appeal
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bill payne wrote:

> Portions of the above document posted on Internet at
> http://www.us.net/softwar/ and  http://www.aci.net/kalliste/
> states
> 
> 1.      Gore charged with encryption policy according to PDD-5 and
>         PRD-27 on April 16, 1993.
> 
> 2.      Government officials represent themselves on Al Gore's behalf for
>         RSA patent purchase negotiations in Feb. 1994.
> 3.      RSA chairman Bidzos meets with Chinese officials at the same
>         time as Ron Brown in Oct. 1995.
> 
> 4.      RSA Chairman Bidzos enters into merger negotiations with Security
>         Dynamics, a company backed by Sanford Robertson, in Nov. 1995.
> 
> 5.      VP Gore calls Sanford Robertson from the White House for a
>         donation in Nov. 1995.
> 
> 6.      Robertson delivers $100,000 donation ($80,000 soft - $20,000
>         directly into the Clinton/Gore campaign) in Jan. 1996.
> 7.      RSA signs deal with China in Feb. 1996. The administration
>         previously prosecuted similar deals but this time does nothing.
> 8.      Justice Dept. approves RSA merger with Security Dynamics in
>         April 1996 for $280 million dollars, netting Sanford Robertson's
>         company a cool $2 million just to write the deal.

There is an old Chinese proverb: 'With money you can hire devils
to turn your mills'.

M. K. Shen