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From: jmc@DEC-Lite.Stanford.EDU (John McCarthy)
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Subject: Re: Encrypting your data to keep it private
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Date: 7 Jan 91 01:24:37 GMT
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In-Reply-To: lear@turbo.bio.net's message of 6 Jan 91 23:20:48 GMT

The Bamford book struck me as somewhat biased by the fact that
because it didn't consider the job NSA has to do as important,
he concentrated on matters of form and procedure.

If indeed NSA has been keeping secret for 15 years a way of cracking
DES, they are not likely to give away the fact for the trivial purpose
of helping the Secret Service prosecute a Sysop.