rhetorical trickery

[Dr. Dimitri Vulis]

Lance Deitweller posting as Vladimir Z. Nuri <vznuri at netcom.com> writes:
> I noticed a rhetorical trick/trap that I've seen a lot lately, in the
> recent article posted about Phil Zimmermann.
>
> there is an infamous case of a child pornographer or pedophile in
> California that is sometimes cited by law enforcement representatives
> as a good example of the evils of encryption: supposedly he encrypted
> his diary and it couldn't be unlocked by them. this was mentioned in
> the article.

Did this really happen? I've never seen any concrete references to this
incident and strongly suspect it's another urban legend.

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Dr. Dimitri Vulis
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