One legitimate reason for chatting with LE is to educate them just a little so they don't overreact when the 747-bomb-attack or the sarin-gas-plans show up on Freedom. It also seems consistent with ZKS's goal to be perceived as a good corporate citizen. Finally, it's what I'd expect ZKS's financial backers would require. When you get ~$40 million in VC funds for cypherpunkly technologies, you get some strings attached too. It is a sad day when being a good corporate citizen means chatting with LE on such friendly terms, but probably many companies do it; this is not an area where I suspect ZKS is alone. -Declan On Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 07:08:06PM -0500, Tim May wrote:
Why do you spend any of your valuable time talking to law enforcement/
Where I come from, law enforcement enters the picture during a criminal investigation. And then one is usually advised to say "I have nothing to say." Chatting with cops is rarely useful, and is often harmful. Ditto for lawmakers, unless one is seeking some way to get them to get out of the way.
I can't speak for Mojo Nation, but I think it nearly 100% certain that Jim McCoy is not "spending time and energy maintaining relations with law enforcement."