[45160] in Cypherpunks
Re: [Mix-L] WARNING: sting via remailer! (fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brian Davis)
Mon Dec 11 12:40:40 1995
Date: Mon, 11 Dec 1995 10:44:16 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Davis <bdavis@thepoint.net>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <DJ5Bun.4Cu@news2.new-york.net>
On Wed, 6 Dec 1995, Mutatis Mutantdis wrote:
> Bryan Strawser <bstrawse@copper.ucs.indiana.edu> wrote:
>
> >Forwarded message:
> [..]
> >> I was in the federal building coffee shop in Reston, Va. yesterday
> >> when I overheard a conversation between what appeared to be two FBI agents
> >> discussing a sting operation involving Mixmaster. Hearing the word
> >> "mixmaster" naturally caused my ears to perk up and I listened further.
> >>
> >> It appears that the FBI has coerced a mixmaster remailer operator
> >> into cooperating with them in a sting operation to catch remailers when
> >> they forward email pertaining to pornography, pedophilia, and copy-written
> >> software.
>
> Not that such a thing is impossible, but it seems awfully suspicious
> that FBI agents would be talking about a case within earshot of the
> general public...
I think you are giving the agents too much credit if you believe that
they never discuss investigations while having coffee in the Federal
Building -- or even while having lunch at McDonald's.
While sitting in close proximity to other tables, I've had to shush
agents who were speaking loudly about a case or investigation...
EBD
>
> --Mutant Rob
>
>
>
Not a lawyer on the Net, although I play one in real life.
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