At 12:17 AM 12/16/2013, Jim Bell wrote:

Thanks for reminding me. Did the list ever find out who Detweiler was? Sorry for asking, but I've been .... away.

Detweiler really was just this guy (though I seem to remember some discussion about him being a twin, which could account for a bit of his obsession with identity.) We did once have a guy show up at a Bay Area Cypherpunks meeting who introduced himself as "Lawrence from Boulder". I thought that was amusing but didn't say anything; he left midway through, and after the meeting Eric Hughes suddenly noticed "Hey, wait a minute! Lawrence from Boulder?!?!?"