* Reply to msg originally in CYPHERPUNKS Uu> BTW ANY federal Uu> intelligence agencie will act as a "cutout" for situations where the Uu> prime agency cannot operate legally but another can. This is absolutely true; I personally performed technically illegal domestic intelligence-gathering services [relatively benign] under an identical arrangement for several years. Based on some eighteen years of personal experience, I will attest to the fact that _any_ legal or constitutional safeguard against the invasion of privacy will be routinely ignored by virtually any law enforcement or intelligence agency if it suits their purposes & is within their abilities. ********************************************************************* * <m..stirner@f28.n125.z1.fidonet.org> - PGP Key D30909 via servers * * > What country can preserve its liberties if its rulers are not <* * > warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit <* * > of resistance? Let them take arms!" - Thomas Jefferson, 1787 <* ********************************************************************* ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12 -- M. Stirner - via FidoNet node 1:125/1 UUCP: ...!uunet!kumr!shelter!28!M..Stirner INTERNET: M..Stirner@f28.n125.z1.FIDONET.ORG