1993-09-12 - Re: Spooks reading the list

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From: lefty@apple.com (Lefty)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1993-09-12 20:08:41 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 12 Sep 93 13:08:41 PDT

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From: lefty@apple.com (Lefty)
Date: Sun, 12 Sep 93 13:08:41 PDT
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Spooks reading the list
Message-ID: <9309122000.AA00806@internal.apple.com>
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An anonymous "contributor" writes
>
>In fact, there is at least one NSA agent on this list. Whether 
>he/she is on our side or not, who knows? This message, a defense of 
>the NSA, was posted here not long ago. I don't know if anyone else 
>noticed this at the time, but take a look:
>
>*From:   IN%"remail@tamsun.tamu.edu" 28-AUG-1993 06:02:47.29
>*To:     IN%"cypherpunks@toad.com"
>*CC:     
>*Subj:   NSA & the Crypto-Zionist Myth of "Public Key"!
>
>* {Deletia}
>*
>*Excuse me, but I'm getting tired of this silly paranoia.  NSA
>*is not Evil Incarnate Central, and we are not fighting a Valiant War 
>                                    ==
>
>We? WE! Do you suppose that was a Freudian slip, or did he mean to 
>say it like that? Whoever he is, he works for the NSA. Did anyone else
>notice this at the time?

In this context, "we" clearly refers to the Cypherpunks, fighting a
"Valiant War" _against_ the NSA.

I think you sound like a paranoid loon.


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Lefty [gYon-Pa] (lefty@apple.com)
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