At 04:29 PM 10/2/95 -0400, Matt Blaze wrote:
It seems best to encourage the realistic side of NSA as much as possible...
Why? Surely the realists are more dangerous than the nuts.
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In other words, the parts of the military that are concerned with actually securing communications want exactly what we want, and are just starting to realize it.
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