J Bell's Moniker (WAS: Re: NYT on CFP)

[Mark Aldrich]

On Mon, 1 Apr 1996, jim bell wrote:

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> >   The proposal drew some opposition. "I think we'll regret it
> >   down the road," said Dorothy E. Denning, a professor of
> >   computer sciences at Georgetown University and a computer
> >   security consultant to the military. Dr. Denning and others
> >   have argued that the use of unrestricted encryption would
> >   thwart the ability of law-enforcement and intelligence
> >   agencies to conduct wiretaps on messages sent by foreign
> >   spies, terrorists, child pornographers and other criminals.
> 
> Damn!  They keep leaving me out of their short list!  Maybe they meant to 
> lump me in with the groups they mentioned.  I'm an American, so I can't be a 
> "foreign spy," and my supply of child pornography is at a constant zero 
> level.   I'd sure hate to be lumped into an ignominious position with the 
> "other criminals," however:  What an unimpressive title!
> 
> Maybe I'll just have to settle for being called a terrorist. Harrumph!

OK, Jim, I'll take the bait:

What, per chance, _DO_ you want to be called?

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