-- On 29 Aug 2001, at 14:25, Faustine wrote:
Which reminds me, I don't know why people here seem to think that any sort of "deception operation" would come from people who show up using nyms to express unpopular opinions. (e.g. "you said something I don't want to hear; threfore its FUD and you're a fed.") On the contrary, a really first-rate deception job would probably involve having someone post under their own name and acting in apparent good faith for years, only introducing the deceptive elements gradually, after they've had ample time to "overtly prove themselves trustworthy"
You overestimate the subtlety and sophistication of the feds. Whether Aimee is a fed or not, her quite genuine ignorance made her incapable of knowing what views sounded cypherpunkish, and what views sounded violently anti cypherpunkish. If she is a fed, she probably also goes around buying crack and pretending to be a thirteen year old interested in sex talk. And if the feds were to assign a fed to our list, that is the kind of fed they would assign. That is all they have. When the feds were infiltrating the militias, their agents stuck out like dogs balls. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG Y/QUrLveFkvsuJgVfNwK1zfk+lx3s4OHlWb91sov 44d/LXT5t59pPIp0rYC0PeMqXjXBTWSpb1Nr0YApP