On Tue, 16 Apr 1996, Bill Frantz wrote:
At 4:40 AM 4/16/96 -0700, Dave Del Torto wrote:
[from SF Examiner somewhere around 12-14 April 96]
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"IRS Worker Took Peek at Celebrities' Records" [Associated Press] Memphis - A former IRS employee who said boredom had led him to peek at the tax records of President Clinton, Elvis Presley and other famous people has been acquitted of federal charges. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
"acquitted" here may mean that cypherpunks were on the trial jury. If the "fix" was in, as Dave seems to imply, there never would've been a trial. EBD
Hmmm. _We_ do it, it's "malicious cracking/hacking" and they toss us in the clink... _they_ do it, and it's "practice" (and they get acquitted). And _these_ are the people who want to escrow _my_ keys? As IF!
I wonder, how much is NSA's secret key worth? You know, the one they use to grab the extra key bits that Lotus Notes sends them.
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