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1997-06-15 - Re: Impact of Netscape kernel hole

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From: Declan McCullagh <declan@pathfinder.com>
To: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
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Message ID: <Pine.GSO.3.95.970615172709.19288B-100000@cp.pathfinder.com>
Reply To: <1.5.4.32.19970615204748.006ecaac@pop.pipeline.com>
UTC Datetime: 1997-06-15 21:52:44 UTC
Raw Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 05:52:44 +0800

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From: Declan McCullagh <declan@pathfinder.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Jun 1997 05:52:44 +0800
To: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
Subject: Re: Impact of Netscape kernel hole
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On Sun, 15 Jun 1997, John Young wrote:

> That's the theme, hey, hey, of the Denver meet of global leaders on 
> June 20. Could it be that that's what the Silicon chiefs went to DC to plan 
> last week while speechifying contrarily to CNN, C-SPAN and Declan.
> 
> Surely, though, bountifully trusty PGP is not party to this G-10 globalization 
> of crippled crypto, or at least not its Chief Technology Officer, right?
> 
> BTW, Declan's spin on national affairs is starting to smell of pontification
> to the
> masses, classis sign of "if only you knew what I've been let in on."
> Shimomuraism,
> that, empty data.

Really? Can you point to examples? I certainly don't mean to be.

Though I do learn a lot of things I can't write about directly. I had
dinner last week with a senior White House official and an FTC
commissioner and a bunch of other folks. The condition of the invite was
not reporting on what was discussed. Yesterday I spent the afternoon with
folks including a Supreme Court clerk and a Federal judge. Friday evening
I went to a party with a bunch of Republican heavyweights where we talked
about what the Senate leadership is doing with the crypto bills.

If I come across as arrogant or stand-offish, call me on it. But, geez, I
cover this stuff full-time and then some. Sometimes I *do* know stuff that
isn't public. If it's interesting enough, I pursue it, verify it with
folks who can talk on the record, and then write about it.

-Declan

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