From: John Pettitt <jpp@software.net>
Date: Wed, 3 Jul 1996 10:12:41 +0800
To: Rich Graves <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: SAFE Forum
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At 10:57 AM 7/2/96 -0700, Rich Graves wrote:
>On Mon, 1 Jul 1996, Bill Frantz wrote:
>
>> "Crime prevention ought to be part of the FBI's mission. [Herbert Lin,
>> National Research Council]
>
>In case it's not clear, this was said with much sarcasm... i.e., today's FBI
>is too often engaged in other pursuits. This in the context of explaining
>that ubiquitous strong crypto is the best defense against computer crime.
>
>-rich
>
>

Crime prevention is *never* part of their mission after all if crime is
prevented it's hard to use the crime stats to justify the budget ...


John Pettitt, jpp@software.net
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