Tim May wrote:
At 11:03 PM -0700 11/21/97, Greg Broiles wrote:
I'm starting to favor the explanation which suggests that Jim will be testifying at the trial(s) or before grand juries in other matters - and that his sentencing is postponed to ensure his cooperation, and that the defense isn't squealing about the successive postponements because that's seen as more favorable than receiving a sentence of many, many months in the event of noncooperation. I'm reluctant to finger anyone as a "snitch"
This is what I fear, too.
I now regret any "help" I provided him in adding crypto and digital cash to his plans. (When I first came into contact with him, he had utterly zero knowledge of how crypto worked, and how it could ultimately be used. His "wonderful idea" was cheesy, built on nothing but hot air. But once certain ideas were explained to him, his system became actually workable, albeit not actually extant.)
I wish I provided Jim Bell with assistance. Jim Bell is cool. Aside from all that, expecting a person NOT to break in the hands of skilled mind-breakers is unreasonable. 90% of us would break. The worst thing to prisoners is hope. - Igor.