Dale defends free society from the NSApunks (was Re: Encryption ?

[Rich Graves]

Stop bashing Dale, you ADL/CFR/NSA thought police, you.

-rich

Name Withheld by Request wrote:
> 
> I thought this was so funny I've saved it.
> 
> Perhaps we could vote on the quality of Dale's ideas
> and arrive at an estimate of the proportion of NSA supporters on the
> list.
> 
> THE AKOND OF SWAT
> 
>    :Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 07:36:03 -0800
>    :From: Dale Thorn <dthorn at gte.net>
>    :To: SHARK <otaner at boun.edu.tr>
>    :Cc: cypherpunks at toad.com
>    :Subject: Re: Encryption ?
>    :
>    :SHARK wrote:
>    :>
>    :> I am a Mathematic student at Bosphorus University in Turkey.
>    :> I am interested in both computer applications and mathematical
>    :> base of encryption.Where can I find this kind of staff on
>    :> internet. Is it necessary to have high level of mathematical
>    :> background in order to deal with encryption??
>    :>
>    :> By the way Is there any member of this list from Turkey?
>    :
>    :There are a lot of NSA people here on cypherpunks, and they try 
>    :very hard to control encryption, to make everyone think it is 
>    :difficult, to discourage independent inquiry.
>    :
>    :That is the main reason they accuse people of being snakeoil 
>    :vendors, to discourage people from inquiring about really new 
>    :ideas, like some of my ideas for example.
>    :
>    :Just so you know....