Cypherpunks FOIA request
John Pearson
john at cognac.apana.org.au
Fri Feb 7 10:37:42 PST 1997
> On 1/18/97, I sent freedom of information act requests to the FBI (main and
> San Francisco offices), CIA, NSA, and Secret Service, asking them for copies
> of information in their files relating to or referring to the cypherpunks
> list, the cypherpunks meetings, and copies of any messages sent from or to
> "cypherpunks at toad.com".
[...]
> I'm not sure what I think about the response from the SF FBI branch - it
> seems unlikely that they'd never have paid any attention to the list, given
> the media coverage in Wired and other places. On the other hand, maybe the
> FBI doesn't read Wired. :) While they're not supposed to be monitoring
> noncriminal domestic activity, I figured they'd at least have something about
> the Mykotronix stuff.
>
If you think so, you may wish to consider filing an FOIA request
for the Mykotronix stuff, and see if it mentions cypherpunks;
it could provide an interesting perspective on their response.
John P.
john at huiac.apana.org.au
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