IP: Bamford's 2nd NSA Book

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> Date: Sun, 18 Jul 1999 17:07:22 -0400
> To: cypherpunks () toad com
> From: John Young <jya () pipeline com>
>
> (Cyberpass ist todt; resent to toad)
>
> James Bamford has a review today in the NYT on 
> Frank Snepp's battle with the CIA:
>
>    http://jya.com/cia-v-snepp.htm
>
> His credit says he "is completing a second book about
> the N.S.A." That note may be his signal that the book is
> near publication.
>
> Rumor is that he's got a lot of new stuff to report gathered
> over twenty years since the bountiful 70s intelligence hearings. 
> A hint is in the concluding sentence of the review: "Think twice 
> about a cover-up: a budding author may be standing 
> under the cloak next to you."
>
> Did HPSCI Chairman Goss get what he wanted from NSA?
> His advocacy of accessible crypto in the SAFE markup seems
> to say he and NSA managed to keep the fix intact. Bamford
> could be ready to unfix that with help from embittered ex-NSAs
> and -DoJs who're disgusted with the post-Church cover-up.