From: Anonymous Remailer (austria) <mixmaster@remailer.privacy.at>
   To: cypherpunks@cpunks.org
   >We cypherpunks live by the saying "cypherpunks code". But isn't it
   time
   >for more than just coding? We're in a very real digital war for the
   >freedom of the Internet, similar to what we faced in the 1990's but
   with
   >even more at stake and a better funded, better equipped enemy.
   >Isn't it time for infiltration? The cypherpunk community has some of
   the
   >best tech people (not just programmers) out there. We could easily get
   >jobs within government agencies and then help exfiltrate data out of
   >them into the hands of the public of civil rights agencies like the
   ACLU
   >in America.
   >I understand how distasteful working in the belly of the beast might
   be
   >but isn't it one of the most needed things cyperpunks can do right
   now?
   Obviously, this is a well-meaning idea.  However, I wonder how
   'efficient' such a tactic would be.  It might take years for a person
   to get into a position to be able to obtain and leak information.  And,
   the longer a 'mole' stays, the more he will become dependant on that
   government.  And, let's not fall into the trap of assuming that
   everyone who works for a government agrees with the policies and
   practices of that government.  If we guesstimate that 1% of (current)
   government employees would be sufficiently unhappy to do such leaks,
   the main thing that's necessary to do is to somehow add additional
   inducement:  To reward them for exposing that government.  If Snowden
   or Manning, or both, get a well-publicized $5 million reward, that
   would invigorate a lot of similar people to do similar things.  What's
   desirable would be a kind of anonymous reward system to allow ordinary
   people to reward the leakers.  I haven't read enough about the origins
   of Wikileaks to know whether such a system was ever contemplated.
            Jim Bell