At 05:18 PM 9/28/95 -0700, John Gilmore wrote:

Forwarded-by: gordoni@base.com (Gordon Irlam)

SAIC's board members include Admiral Bobby Inman, former NSA head and deputy director of the CIA; Melvin Laird, Nixon's defense secretary; and retired General Max Thurman, commander of the Panama Invasion. Recently departed board members include Robert Gates, former CIA director; William Perry, current Secretary of Defense; and John Deutch, the current CIA director. Current SAIC government contracts include re-engineering information systems at the Pentagon, automation of the FBI's computerized fingerprint identification system, and building a national criminal history information system.

I am not supporting the idea that SAIC is not annother govt mouthpiece or cover op but it is standard practice to hire retired workers from government that worked in the area that you want to sell services into. I know of a ex army colonel that used to work for a government contractor. I'm sure that he used his contacts to sell services to the government. You gotta love it! Don't trust S/MIME, it's supported by RSA (a govt mouth piece) and uses DES. ... __o .. -\<, Chris.Claborne@SanDiegoCA.ATTGIS.Com ...(*)/(*). CI$: 76340.2422 http://bordeaux.sandiegoca.attgis.com/ PGP Pub Key fingerprint = A8 FA 55 92 23 20 72 69 52 AB 64 CC C7 D9 4F CA Avail on Pub Key server. PGP-encrypted e-mail welcome!