Robb London is a polite person, so is Jeff Gordon. It's what they do after you get comfortable with them that's not so polite. But it's always done in precise compliance with the law, even if that means kissing your ass goodbye. Gentlemen with guns are sweethearts if you obey them. I guess I missed Declan's letter to Robb, and I don't see it in the Inet archives. Anybody get a copy of it? Those cc:s to cpunks in Robb's message surely came from Declan's letter, no? Or is Robb baiting hooks? Robb never sent me an ass-kissing-goodbye letter like Declan's, but sent me only fuck-you subpoenas, which may mean the same as Declan's, if Declan believes what Robb wrote about only wanting this and that, so sorry to inconvenience you. Robb has a neat way of dropping an unexpected question on you just after warming you up with spit. Sure, now, Declan does that pretty well himself. Bet you a nickle Declan gets a chance to name interviewees besides Bell, in response to a casual probe from Rob, "oh, by the way, Mr. McCullagh, what did Bell tell you about Alice and Bob and Charlie?" The only good answer to the unexpected, as DF wrote years ago is "I want a lawyer." Even if you have one, get another, and not the one after your sweet ass with apologetic emails.