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Ricin recipes, redacted U.S. patents, and the war on terror [fs]
From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 00:48:40 -0500
-------- Original Message -------- Subject: re: Debunking a myth: Internet recipe lets you make ricin Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 21:09:13 -0400 From: Poindexter () SAFe-mail net To: 70743.1711 () compuserve com CC: jya () pipeline com, declan () well com, cypherpunks () algebra com
One of the great received wisdoms of the war on terror is that deadly
recipes are available worldwide courtesy of the Internet. In the context of information on ricin, the meme presents regularly in the big media. <snip>
Finally, the mythology of the recipe for ricin exposes one of the most
nettlesome ironies of instantaneous world wide communication. Although it has always been promised that the ubiquity of networked computing would enable a host of alternative information sources, what is found is that -- in practice and when push comes to shove -- the allegedly vast ocean of alternatives all say the same thing, with only minor variations, all drawing from the same text, the same myth. The IIR #chemistry channel:
From our WoMD series: Practical ricin preparation complements a now redacted US patent 3,060,165 https://www.meshmx.com/fe/download_get.php?file=FE:3260610bc13ef573d9103c16e90bac53bead0eea
John Poindexter Director Grand Duchy of Fenwick Institute for Strategic Studies -------- Original Message -------- Subject: re: Debunking a myth: Internet recipe lets you make ricin [updated] Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 22:25:00 -0400 From: Poindexter () SAFe-mail net To: 70743.1711 () compuserve com CC: jya () pipeline com, declan () well com, cypherpunks () algebra com[My apologies and thanks to those who let me know I had not provided any instructions for funding of the File Exchange pay token needed for downloading the patent. Fetch the following free Acrobat document: https://www.meshmx.com/fe/download_get.php?file=FE:7afa5f883d186d893080443498aa1625639f1cb5 ]
The IIR #chemistry channel:>From our WoMD series: Practical ricin preparation complements a now redacted US patent 3,060,165 https://www.meshmx.com/fe/download_get.php?file=FE:3260610bc13ef573d9103c16e90bac53bead0eea
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