Re: Reporter writing article on proffr/mattd and threats

At 04:09 PM 7/2/03 -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote:

I received a phone call today from a newspaper reporter who's writing an article on mattd/proffr and wanted background on the cypherpunks group or movement, as he put it. The reporter -- who covers crime, law enforcement, and the courts

How does one authenticate that a voice on a phone is a reporter? Or is my sarcasm/wryness detector stuck? --- We are all reporters, we are all book sellers. We are all first class objects. --Tim May