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1994-07-01 - Re: Devil’s Advocate (again)

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From: Michael Handler <grendel@netaxs.com>
To: Jim choate <ravage@bga.com>
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UTC Datetime: 1994-07-01 19:45:31 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 1 Jul 94 12:45:31 PDT

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From: Michael Handler <grendel@netaxs.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 94 12:45:31 PDT
To: Jim choate <ravage@bga.com>
Subject: Re: Devil's Advocate (again)
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On Fri, 1 Jul 1994, Jim choate wrote:

> > There are a number of good ways to breach modern cryptography without
> > torture.  They include:
> > 
> > Van Eck (Tempest) monitoring.
> > Sodium pentathol & its more modern cousins.
> >
> I believe this is considered torture in the US.
> 
> > Bribery.
> > Blackmail.
>
> Both of these are great but any evidence is inadmissable in court and 
> therefore of no use to a prosecutor.

	Do you think the NSA cares either about the majority of US laws 
or the admissibility of evidence? If they want your key badly enough, 
they will get it, and in all probability will have no compunctions 
against any of those methods.

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