At 11:05 PM 1/7/96 -0800, Rich Graves wrote:

The NSA is logically allied with other organizations of greater repressiveness, inasmuch as it is not really in the interest of the NSA to pursue absolute freedom anywhere. Certainly they have no desire for anyone in the world to enjoy privacy. However, this logical symmetry does not translate to practical collaboration. You think the NSA and the Chinese government trust each other at all? They're spying on each other.

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