According to this mornings AP story, the FBI recovered deleted files from his notebook computer. Apparently, working for the CIA does not imply knowledge of basic computer security.

Jean-Francois Avon (jf_avon@citenet.net) said something about Re: [NOISE] U.S. CIA employee caught spying on or about 11/19/96 10:45 PM

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Tim Scanlon <tfs@adsl-122.cais.com> writes:

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This is on the local DC news; Harold Nicholson age 46, a CIA employee was arrested for spying today

Did he used any crypto-tools we use? Did he used PGP? Would be fun to hear about... :)

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