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From: eap@bucsb.UUCP (Eric Pearce)
Newsgroups: sci.crypt
Subject: Re: Spycatcher
Message-ID: <1375@bucsb.UUCP>
Date: 1 Jan 88 18:36:29 GMT
References: <22340@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <700@mplvax.nosc.MIL>
Reply-To: eap@bucsb.UUCP (Eric Pearce)
Organization: BD&HR (Beer Drinkers & Hell Raisers)
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In article <700@mplvax.nosc.MIL> john@mplvax.nosc.mil.UUCP (John McInerney) writes:
>In article <22340@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> tedrick@ernie.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (Tom Tedrick) writes:
>>I am going through the book "Spycatcher". It seems like
>>a good book, and cleared up a few things I wasn't informed
>>about. Can anyone comment on its accuracy?
>>Thanks,
>
>I can not comment too much about the accuracy (except for the efforts
>I know that British Intelligence made to stop the printing of the
>book).  

Good point.  I can not imagine that any government would like the
public to know that some of their highest ranking intelligence people
were potential spies from before WWII.  

I had the distinct impression that Mr. Wright has an "axe to grind" on
how much his pension was and how well other retired intelligence
people are being treated.   I doubt he made any friends in the
government when he published the book.

                                                                 -E
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