-- On 29 Aug 2001, at 16:40, Gary Jeffers wrote:
My fellow Cypherpunks,
Some time ago Tim May flamed me and I responded with the post: Tim May goes bush shooting. http://www.inet-one.com/cypherpunks/dir.2000.09.25-2000.10.01/m sg00388.html . Note: The 3rd reference was bad. The corrected reference is: http://www.inet-one.com/cypherpunks/dir.2000.09.18-2000.09.24/m sg00167.html .
This has gotten me thinking and I have the following observations and conjectures:
1. It is predictable that Tim May will be flammed. The FBI has a history of covertly sowing internal dissent in dissident groups. As a leading Cypherpunk, May is an obvious target.
2. Anonymous flames are dirt cheap and safe for the FBI.
3. The FBI will do them well. By definition, the flames will be professional :-)
4. The flames will be worded so as to distress the target.
5. The flames will be seeded with clues to imply that a particular Cypherpunk did them: distinctive syntax, mispellings, phrases, etc.. This will help make the group ineffective.
6. Other leading Cypherpunks will also be targeted.
7. The anonymous flames will be hard to falsify in their pointing to a particular Cypherpunk.
Again, the masterly brilliant feds. :-) Not bloody likely. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG gEr16INPZtMFBKYPp83VqROIPjrN1unJ3A2AT3+U 4u6flxJureQW4HM8sC43dM+Z3Tyf49PUeGOGaAnnp