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Dropped Packet dropped_packet at hotmail.com
Sun Mar 4 21:41:46 PST 2001


from http://www.msnbc.com/news/539158.asp

Relevant excerpt:

>      The FBI was able to decrypt the letter quickly, possibly because 
> >Hanssen allegedly had sent his handlers an earlier letter that included 
> >a copy of his encryption key, and it was obtained in a search of his 
> >property.

Wonder if he was using PGP and his passphrase was weak?
If not, should this be as unsettling as it seems? (assuming that the story 
as reported is more accurate than not (which may be quite a leap of course))




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