From: "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jan 1996 23:28:25 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: NSA says strong crypto to China?
Message-ID: <199601081514.HAA03562@blob.best.net>
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At 11:05 PM 1/7/96 -0800, Rich Graves wrote:
>The NSA is logically allied with other organizations of greater
>repressiveness, inasmuch as it is not really in the interest of the NSA to
>pursue absolute freedom anywhere. Certainly they have no desire for anyone
>in the world to enjoy privacy. However, this logical symmetry does not
>translate to practical collaboration. You think the NSA and the Chinese
>government trust each other at all? They're spying on each other.


They have common interests and conflicting interests.  They have a 
common interest in repressing Chinese dissidents, to keep the world
safe for National Security Agencies.


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