From: bureau42 Anonymous Remailer <nobody@bureau42.ml.org>
Date: Sun, 23 Nov 1997 04:56:51 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Jim Bell's Sentencing Delayed Again
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Tim May wrote:
> At 11:03 PM -0700 11/21/97, Greg Broiles wrote:
> >I'm starting to favor the explanation which suggests that Jim will be
> >testifying at the trial(s) or before grand juries in other matters - and
> >that his sentencing is postponed to ensure his cooperation, and that the
> >defense isn't squealing about the successive postponements because that's
> >seen as more favorable than receiving a sentence of many, many months in
> >the event of noncooperation. I'm reluctant to finger anyone as a "snitch"

> I expect an arrest of several of us, on typically trumped-up RICO-type
> charges.  Mere speech has become criminalized, through vague, speculative,
> conspiracy charges.

Unreliable sources indicate that the authorities are waiting for a
Canadian citizen to make a previously postponed trip across the
American border before closing the net.
Do your Christmas shopping early!

A. Fiend 
    ^r