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Re: Cisco cover up


From: Joseph S D Yao <jsdy () center osis gov>
Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 13:50:30 -0400


On Wed, Jul 27, 2005 at 04:14:30PM -0500, Olsen, Jason wrote:
From: James Baldwin
This had _nothing_ to do with the source code that was 
stolen. I have dealt with Lynn professionally on many 
occasions and he has shown himself to have more than a fair 
share of  integrity. It is uncalled for to take to disparate 
events and place them together in a way which smudges the 
name of a respected researcher.

I don't see any smearing of anybody's name. What I do see is
speculation, which is to say, "reasoning based on inconclusive evidence;
conjecture or supposition." In otherwords, J offered a "guess" that the
two might be related and certainly wasn't pointing fingers as if that
was the definitive reason.

It sometimes happens that seemingly disparate events are actually
linked, so it was not an entirely illogical guess.

-JFO


Given that it was clear that Lynn had NDA access to the Cisco source
code already, it seems pretty clear that the original poster wasn't even
speculating that he had stolen it, but to potential exploiters' having
done so.  Eh?


-- 
Joe Yao
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