--- Anonymous <nobody@paranoici.org> wrote:

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And then, of course, in the off chance they can't actually break the message under that flag, they can merely send a guy out with binoculars or whatever.

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Don't forget about rubber-hose cryptanlysis. Rumour has it that method is preferred in many cases since it makes the code-breakers feel good by way of testosterone release.

Guns. You may not be able to kill them, but you may be able to force them to kill you.

If they're using rubber hoses, they're probably going to kill you anyways. Hoses leave marks, of course, and if there's one thing a spook hates, it is leaving evidence of his or her passage. Unless his or her mission is about leaving visible traces, of course. Regards, Steve ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca