At 5:01 PM -0800 2/12/98, James Morris wrote:

I'm just wondering if anyone else finds it particularly odd that while Australia is prepared to commit SAS troops, medical and intelligence personnel to a possible strike against Iraq, the US government still doesn't seem to trust us enough to use US developed cryptography products with adequate security.

It's not at all odd. In the New World Order, you Aussies are children. As children, your role is to die in wars like Viet Nam and the Gulf, under orders from the New World Reichsfuhrer. And like the American children sent to die in wars at age 18, but too young to either vote or drink alchohol, children cannot be allowed to possess dangerous crypto tools which might let them deviate from parental wishes. (Seriously, what the holy fuck are you Aussies doing getting involved in our Moral Leader's vanity war with Saddam? The United Nations authorized action in 1990 to "liberate Kuwait." That was done. All this recent folderol about "ensuring Saddam complies with inspections" is outside the original charter. And, of course, pointless. If the U.S. launches Bill's War, I hope it gets paid back in full with some attacks by freedom fighters. Maybe then Amerika will lose its desire to boss the world around and will get back to basics.) --Tim May Just Say No to "Big Brother Inside" ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, ComSec 3DES: 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^3,021,377 | black markets, collapse of governments.

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- On Fri, 13 Feb 1998, James Morris wrote:

I'm just wondering if anyone else finds it particularly odd that while Australia is prepared to commit SAS troops, medical and intelligence personnel to a possible strike against Iraq

Nope you haven't relised that the austrailian goverment is the well trained lap dog of amirica. Always ready to roll over and get screwed by the USA.

, the US government still doesn't seem to trust us enough to use US developed cryptography products with adequate security.

Of cause not, who would turst a subordermate with such things. Of cause we have devoloped softwhere (like SSLeay) that works just as well as any from the US. But we can't export something to au because the US is so much more advansted then us, so we can't be trusted with such products. - -- Please excuse my spelling as I suffer from agraphia see the url in my header. Never trust a country with more peaple then sheep. ex-net.scum and proud You Say To People "Throw Off Your Chains" And They Make New Chains For Themselves? --Terry Pratchett. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: noconv iQCVAwUBNOO60KQK0ynCmdStAQGDowQA061yXNcatlVY+541pJltHUBMJ/2ebrZi M76FSTGLVL/CsNw5xWKWPlmSKYHwp997NLaG+9nrE8QwFF25CiF6QQEjnxNo8E0W sAv0lCRnXgmnIKaQjn1T8D3mrUXTQA7kCBmVvGuyLKsu7D9RuG5a+lvup/XRijQI dHcRnNMt6bk= =UKQp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----