For that matter, it's ironic, though not at all surprising, that they're crying foul so loudly that this KGB mole in the CIA is giving away the identities of CIA moles in the KGB. Fair 's fair, after all.... Though that doesn't mean he has any room to complain if he gets treated teh way the Russians treated the CIA spies in their midst. On the other hand, the papers did make a big deal about how they used wiretaps to help catch the guy, and that they've known about him for a while; is this all timed to support the "voluntary" Clipper and the mandatory Digital Telephony wiretap projects? # Bill Stewart AT&T Global Information Solutions, aka NCR Corp # 6870 Koll Center Parkway, Pleasanton CA, 94566 Phone 1-510-484-6204 fax-6399 # email bill.stewart@pleasantonca.ncr.com billstewart@attmail.com # ViaCrypt PGP Key IDs 384/C2AFCD 1024/9D6465
On the other hand, the papers did make a big deal about how they used wiretaps to help catch the guy, and that they've known about him for a while; is this all timed to support the "voluntary" Clipper and the mandatory Digital Telephony wiretap projects?
# Bill Stewart AT&T Global Information Solutions, aka NCR Corp
I could have sworn I heard something on CNN a few days ago about how his home PC was also tapped/monitored to collect incriminating evidence. Listening in with vans full of RF gear wouldn't surprise me. After all, this is precisely where our abstract discussions of TEMPEST meet reality. The moral: If you're planning to pass secrets to the Russians, learn some tradecraft! (I was amazed at the ineptness of Ames, a senior CIA guy, in leaving such a trail. And amazed at the ineptness of his superior at the Agency for not checking up on him (they flutter employees only every 5 years, and he apparently passed). Finally, at the ineptness of his KGB handlers for not advising him to avoid things like paying cash for a house, Jaguar, Mercedes, etc. Don't _any_ of them read Ludlum? --Tim May -- .......................................................................... Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@netcom.com | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero 408-688-5409 | knowledge, reputations, information markets, W.A.S.T.E.: Aptos, CA | black markets, collapse of governments. Higher Power: 2^859433 | Public Key: PGP and MailSafe available. "National borders are just speed bumps on the information superhighway."
On Fri, 25 Feb 1994, Timothy C. May wrote:
I could have sworn I heard something on CNN a few days ago about how his home PC was also tapped/monitored to collect incriminating evidence. Listening in with vans full of RF gear wouldn't surprise me.
From The New York Times, Thursday, February 24, page A13:
"FBI agents broke into the Ames residence and placed an electronic monitor in his computer." Yours, Brian
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