Reporter writing article on proffr/mattd and threats

[Major Variola (ret)]

At 04:09 PM 7/2/03 -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>I received a phone call today from a newspaper reporter who's writing
an
>article on mattd/proffr and wanted background on the cypherpunks group
or
>movement, as he put it. The reporter -- who covers crime, law
enforcement,
>and the courts

How does one authenticate that a voice on a phone is a reporter?

Or is my sarcasm/wryness detector stuck?

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