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NSA Agents Threaten to Kill Bidzos of RSA?
From: David Farber <farber () central cis upenn edu>
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 1994 15:30:43 -0400
From: tcmay () netcom com (Timothy C. May) Subject: Re: NSA Agents Threaten to Kill Bidzos of RSA? Date: Wed, 29 Jun 1994 18:28:30 GMT Frankly, I'm surprised there hasn't been more discussion of this chilling report! Here we have the NSA--or at least an agent of the NSA--threatening the president of the leading cryptography company, and there's a muted response. This when a personality-oriented flame war can generate 20 comments in two days. Jeesh. Perhaps people dismissed it as too unbelievable, even though the article was very clear in what happened. In any case, Jim Bidzos has authorized me to pass on this comment: --Begin comment by Jim Bidzos-- Date: Tue, 28 Jun 94 22:14:34 PDT From: jim () RSA COM (Jim Bidzos) Message-Id: <9406290514.AA02321 () RSA COM> To: pcw () access digex net Cc: tcmay () netcom com In-Reply-To: Peter Wayner's message of Mon, 27 Jun 1994 20:55:15 -0400 <199406280049.AA20853 () access2 digex net> Subject: NSA Agents Threaten to Kill Bidzos of RSA? Everything reported in the Merc News is true. I am certain that he was not speaking for the agency, but when it happened he was quite serious, at least appeared to be. There was a long silence after he made the threat, with a staring contest. He was quite intense. I respect and trust the other two who were in the room (they were shocked and literally speechless, staring into their laps) and plan to ask NSA for a written apology and confirmation that he was not speaking for the agency. We'll see if I get it. If the incident made it into their trip reports, I have a chance of getting a letter. --end comment by Jim Bidzos-- [djf -- I asked Jim if this was indeed from him and he said:] Date: Wed, 29 Jun 94 12:18:17 PDT From: jim () RSA COM (Jim Bidzos) To: farber () central cis upenn edu Subject: is this from you?> Yes, it is from me.
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