From: John Fricker <jfricker@vertexgroup.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 1996 08:47:13 -0800 (PST)
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: RE: [NOISE] U.S. CIA employee caught spying
Message-ID: <19961120164628965.AAA192@dev.vertexgroup.com>
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According to this mornings AP story, the FBI recovered deleted files from his notebook computer. Apparently, working for the CIA does not imply knowledge of basic computer security.

>Jean-Francois Avon (jf_avon@citenet.net) said something about Re: [NOISE] U.S. CIA employee caught spying on or about 11/19/96 10:45 PM

>
>>  Tim Scanlon <tfs@adsl-122.cais.com> writes:
>> > This is on the local DC news;
>> > Harold Nicholson age 46, a CIA employee was arrested for spying today
>
>Did he used any crypto-tools we use?  Did he used PGP?  Would be fun to hear 
>about... :)
>
>jfa
>Jean-Francois Avon, Pierrefonds (Montreal) QC Canada
> DePompadour, Societe d'Importation Ltee
>    Finest Limoges porcelain and crystal
> JFA Technologies, R&D consultants
>    physicists and engineers, LabView programing
>PGP keys at: http://w3.citenet.net/users/jf_avon
>ID# C58ADD0D : 529645E8205A8A5E F87CC86FAEFEF891 
>ID# 5B51964D : 152ACCBCD4A481B0 254011193237822C 
>End of message

--j
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