From: Alan Olsen <alano@teleport.com>
Date: Thu, 29 Aug 1996 05:25:13 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Bullshit or Not ?
Message-ID: <3.0b11.32.19960828102326.00a7a45c@mail.teleport.com>
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At 04:57 AM 8/28/96 -0700, anonymous-remailer@shell.portal.com wrote:
>I snagged this off a news group this AM.. comments??
>
>A lot of people think that PGP encryption is unbreakable and that the
>NSA/FBI/CIA/MJ12 cannot read their mail. This is wrong, and it can be a
>deadly mistake. In Idaho, a left-wing activist by the name of Craig Steingold
>was arrested  _one day_ before he and others where to stage a protest at
>government buildings; the police had a copy of a message sent by Steingold
>to another activist, a message which had been encrypted with PGP and sent
>through E-mail.

This is quite bogus.  The first clue is the mention of "Craig Stiengold".  A
variation of "Craig Shergold" a widely known (and misspelled) urban legend.

This has been debunked a number of times.
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