Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 11:36:51 -0500 From: Matt Blaze
I'm afraid you're confused. Whoever this report was about, it wasn't me:
* I'm not at Lucent Bell Labs. (I'm at AT&T Shannon Labs.) I'm not aware of any other Blaze at either AT&T or Lucent, however. * I'm not a mathematician. (I'm a computer scientist.) * I've not been to ORD, or any other midwestern airport, since August. (I do fly a lot, though). * I never been arrested. (I did accently set off the antitheft detector at a local bookstore once, but they let me go when I showed them my reciept).
-matt
Thanks for clarifying this! I'm very sorry to have started an unfounded rumor but I'm glad to know that you haven't been arrested. Thankfully, it looks like everyone assumed that I was just making this up, so I hope no serious damage was done and that the rumor didn't spread. That said, there <*was*> a radio report. It was on WBEZ 91.5 last night, and, as I said, I only heard the last part of the report. It was a news report about an arrest made at the O'Hare airport for something involving mathematics and foreign governments. I was almost 100% sure they said it was Blaze of Bell Labs who was arrested, but I guess it possible that I misheard. Perhaps they were quoting you or talking about you for some other reason. I remember that someone at bell labs (you???) had some problems with export authorities a few years ago, and maybe this is what they were talking about? Anyway, has anyone heard any more about this story, now that we know it wasn't Matt Blaze who was arrested? Humble Apologies, Jim PS I'm using a non-work account because I work for a large Chicagoland company that does some crypto business and I <*do not*> want to be seen as representing them on the cypherpunks list. Some of the work they do goes against cypherpunk (and my own) goals, and I'd rather not have people think I'm speaking for them. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com