[48055] in Cypherpunks
Re: "Gentlemen do not read each other's mail"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jay Holovacs)
Thu Jan 25 19:05:54 1996
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 18:39:02 -0500 (EST)
From: Jay Holovacs <holovacs@styx.ios.com>
To: hallam@w3.org
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <9601252108.AA13595@zorch.w3.org>
I might suppose that a significant reason why the nuclear arms race did
not come to blows was the balance of espionage between NSA/CIA/KGB etc.
With accurate information on your enemy, one is less likely to be
panicked into a preemtive strike.
Jay Holovacs <holovacs@ios.com>
PGP Key fingerprint = AC 29 C8 7A E4 2D 07 27 AE CA 99 4A F6 59 87 90
On Thu, 25 Jan 1996 hallam@w3.org wrote:
> By not taking adequate steps to inform itself of the Japaneese intentions the US
> suffered the loss of a substantial part of the US fleet at Pearl Harbour. Had
> sufficient resources been avaliable the naval codes could have been cracked in
> time. The closure of the Black chamber was a key reason why US espionage
> efforts were inadequate at the start of WWII.
>
> Given the choice between the US Army and the CIA plus NSA I would choose the
> latter any day. The millitary hardware is useless without intelligence
> operatives. Unless Perry is advocating an absolutist pacifist stance I don't see
> that his stance is credible. I don't know many pacifists who oppose intelligence
> gathering.
>
> Diplomatic trafic has always been considered fair game. Long may it remain so.
>
>
> Phill
>
>
