From: Alan Olsen <alan@ctrl-alt-del.com>
Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 00:54:26 +0800
To: Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>
Subject: Re: Jim Bell goes to Jail!
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At 12:08 AM 5/19/97 -0700, Lucky Green wrote:

>There are two reasons I can think of immediately why the feds would keep
>the warrant sealed. The first is that they don't want to reveal just how
>little evidence they have. The second reason is that the warrant might give
>some clue as to future actions/other suspects. Remember that the IRS agent
>found the AP essay by means of an Internet search engine. That almost
>certainly means he is following the discussions about Jim Bell on the Net.
>Such as the discussion on Cypherpunks.

Actually the agent claimed to have found it among some papers in Jim's car
when the seized it for back taxes.

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