RE: Crypto-anonymity greases HUMINT intelligence flows
Meyer Wolfsheim wrote:
Would you trust the Witness Protection Program with your life?
In this case, yes. When the program failed in the past it was usually due to putting formally high rollers into dull middle class new lives. They were the ones who ended up outing themselves. In contrast, giving some poor wretch and his family $5 million would put them in the lap of luxury.
Whoever opts to collect that $5,000,000 will forever live in fear.
Cost/benefit, you do the math. I'd opt for it in a heartbeat.
No, any tips that directly lead to the apprehension of Bin Laden must be done under total anonymity. All the more reason for remailers to remain operational.
Anonymity does not require remailers much less untraceable digital cash. I'm for both of those, but they are overkill for someone who turns in Bin Laden. S a n d y
On Fri, 14 Sep 2001, Sandy Sandfort wrote:
Whoever opts to collect that $5,000,000 will forever live in fear.
Cost/benefit, you do the math. I'd opt for it in a heartbeat.
Assume that you could nearly guarantee a profit of $5mil or more by shorting your stocks before a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. Would you perpetrate such a crime, and frame the "sand-niggers"? What's the cost/benefit here? How much potential profit would be necessary for a crime like this to occur with profit as the only motive? -MW-
Meyer Wolfsheim wrote:
Assume that you could nearly guarantee a profit of $5mil or more by shorting your stocks before a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.
Would you perpetrate such a crime, and frame the "sand-niggers"?
The plot sickens. I assume you saw the news reports today that bin Ladin's associates did exactly that with the German reinsurer who will bear the brunt of the WTC claims? Persuade Ahmed to incinerate himself and 10,000 bystanders, and then -- cha ching! Take care! Howie Goodell -- Howie Goodell hgoodell@cs.uml.edu Pr SW Eng, WearLogic Sc.D. Cand HCI Res Grp CS Dept U Massachussets Lowell http://people.ne.mediaone.net/goodell/howie Dying is soooo 20th-century! http://www.cryonics.org
At 11:52 PM 9/15/2001 -0400, Howie Goodell wrote:
The plot sickens. I assume you saw the news reports today that bin Ladin's associates did exactly that with the German reinsurer who will bear the brunt of the WTC claims?
You probably mean Frankfurt based Allianz AG. steve
On Saturday, September 15, 2001, at 10:02 PM, Steve Schear wrote:
At 11:52 PM 9/15/2001 -0400, Howie Goodell wrote:
The plot sickens. I assume you saw the news reports today that bin Ladin's associates did exactly that with the German reinsurer who will bear the brunt of the WTC claims?
You probably mean Frankfurt based Allianz AG.
Munich Re sounds more likely. Let me check the Web... Yep, Munich Re was one of them: "The stocks of the three reinsurance companies AXA in France, Munich Re in Germany and Swiss Re in Switzerland dropped 13 percent to 15 percent in the week before the attack. Analysts suggested at the time that the drops were anomalous unexplained since the reinsurance business was healthy and premium payments were on the way up. " --Tim May
On Sat, 15 Sep 2001, Howie Goodell wrote:
Meyer Wolfsheim wrote:
Assume that you could nearly guarantee a profit of $5mil or more by shorting your stocks before a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center.
Would you perpetrate such a crime, and frame the "sand-niggers"?
The plot sickens. I assume you saw the news reports today that bin Ladin's associates did exactly that with the German reinsurer who will bear the brunt of the WTC claims? Persuade Ahmed to incinerate himself and 10,000 bystanders, and then -- cha ching!
No, I didn't see this report. Is it online? -MW-
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