Re: [Cryptography] NSA and cryptanalysis

Still, it is not easy knowing who is who when they play the same game using the same strategies, moves, gambits, ploys, feints, struts, deceptions. This mirroring of the opposition is a long tradition of authorities, their covert agents and provocateurs manipulating their citizenry, consumers, fans, doling out manufactured information. No doubt the game advances the interests of all the games players so long as they follow their agreed upon rules and cheat very carefully. We may admire their skill and daring and triumphs but the rules state we are not qualified to be the players, that requires ranking by authorities of the game. Assange was once not a player, studied hard, watched the masters, now he is surrounded by grand masterful players and reaps the rewards of fame, acclaim, and happily the monetary prizes, to be sure spending a lot of that on lawyers and promoters. So it goes. Meanwhile there is a need for more undoctored documents for the newbies and bystanders angling for a chance, for consumers to see what happens offstage, how vetting and redacting, parceling and censoring is done. But Assange and cohorts have become secretive about the WikiLeaks operation and apparently (who knows) hidden stashes of income, in concert with the practices of secretkeepers of all stripes. And not least WL engages in defamation to an almost hysterical extent that suggests much to hide, again mirroring authoritarian shilling. Promoting adversarialism is ancient theocracy where only priests play the game they rig. Let us all play, unmedicated by reputation-mongering tradecraft of TV, news, advertizing, limited access to documentation and overload of "if you knew what we know, trust us" pulp fiction. At 10:21 AM 9/4/2013, you wrote:

2013/9/4 John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
But you, a willing contestant, may educate yourself on the intricacies. The rest, even when invited, will pass on the virtue of not having the time. The revolution or the soccer game, which one do you think the layperson prefers? Assange is cunning in making the revolution fitting in the normal flow of conversation about actualities, his words dance the usual harmony. Such it resonates in society. It matters not what tune a bird sings, no matter how beautiful, if it sings it between the cogs and gears of a deafening machine. Surely, I would like it if there was any honesty to be found at all. But showing the smoke and mirrors would show you nothing but smoke and mirrors. Now, the responses of grandmasters of deception are the most telling of the story; the (inter)national security agency dances where before it was merely looming in the shadows. I hope fiercely that Assange's trickery will, regardless of its perpetual infallible ignorance, convince the public of the silent observer's devilry. Not all smoke and mirrors are fun and games. The government fears the people. Forgetting it is the people it's eyes grew watchful. One wonders when it uses the arms given for protection against it's people. The three laws have but one logical conclusion.
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