From: bear@eagle.fsl.noaa.gov (Bear Giles)
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 93 19:40:11 PDT
To: bbyer@bix.com
Subject: Re: Timothy C. May:superhacker
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Ben Byers writes:
In-Reply-To: <01GZ6EDS7DHK003YG5@vax1.tcd.ie>
>> Of course, requesting your own government file is likely to draw attention
>> to yourself, so it's probably best not to do so unless you're sure that 
>> they already know that you know-that-they-know-something.
>
>Yes, acoording to a 2600 article (admittedly not the best source),
>requesting a file on yourself causes one to be created if one does
>not exist.

Naturally they'll open a file on you to document the fact that you requested
information under the FOIA and to file a copy of the information returned
to you.

Will they start an investigation on the basis of the fact that you
requested information under the FOIA?  How many people with rather, shall
we say, unusual ideas do you think have pestered the CIA or NSA with
FOIA requests?

Of course, if you admit you learned about this on a cryptoanarchist
e-mail list... :-)

Bear Giles