From today's San Jose Mercury News' "AP Breaking News" section -
First, the FBI settled a FOIA suit with a scholar who had sought access to the FBI's files re John Lennon - the FBI fought release for 16 years, finally agreeing to release all but 10 records and pay the requester's $204,000 in accrued attorney's fees. The records released revealed no information which suggested that Lennon was involved in, planned to, or engaged in an illegal act; he was, however, unpopular with the then-head of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover. Who is Louis Freeh spying on? <http://www.sjmercury.com/news/breaking/docs/080798.htm> Second, a former NSA employee was sentenced to 18 years in Federal prison for selling classified information to the Soviet Union for a mere $27,000. How much would he have charged for escrowed key information? <http://www.sjmercury.com/news/breaking/docs/072698.htm> -- Greg Broiles | US crypto export control policy in a nutshell: gbroiles@netbox.com | Export jobs, not crypto. http://www.io.com/~gbroiles | http://www.parrhesia.com