From: jamesd@echeque.com
Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 05:42:07 +0800
To: Simon Spero <tcmay@got.net>
Subject: Re: [SCARE]:  "If you only knew what we know..."
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At 09:31 PM 5/23/96 -0400, Simon Spero wrote:
> If I were planning such a briefing I'd probably concentrate on real cases 
> that were cracked due to NSA SIGINT - especially terrorist groups 
> operating with only limited state sponsorship

This assumes that such cases actually exist.  I imagine if 
such a thing ever happened, the NSA would shout it from the 
rooftops for the next three hundred years.

Recollect that the trade tower bombers were caught because 
they were unclear on the concept of a deposit.  Whenever 
terrorists are busted, nobody makes any big secret of how 
they were busted.  On the contrary, the newspaper reporters 
are in danger of being trampled in the rush to take credit.
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