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Article #2832Re: Spycatcher
From: James R Ebright
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 18:15
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 18:15
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In article <C19KHJ.AuL@csfb1.fir.fbc.com> uunet!csfb1!pjb writes:
>Sorry, I can't stand it anymore. Will someone please tell me/us some details
>re: Spycatcher. Author or Publisher and where it was/is available and where
>it is/was banned ?
>
>cheers,
> paul
SPY CATCHER The Candid Autobiography of a Senior Intellegence Officer
By Peter Wright with Paul Greengrass
Viking Penguin Inc. 40 West 23rd Street, NY, NY 10010 USA
(c) Peter Wright, 1987
ISBN 0-670-82055-5
Lib of Congress Cat Card # 87-40243
Available everywhere except the UK where it was alleged to violate the
Official Secrets Act...
For a full discussion of the legal aspects see...
The SPY CATCHER TRIAL the Scandal behind the #1 Best Seller
by Malcolm Turnbull
Salem House Publishers
462 Boston Street
Topsfield, MA 01983 USA
(c) 1988 Malcolm Turnbull
ISBN 0-88162-422-5
Lib of Congress Cat Card # 88-37126
Both books are great reads! (Ever wonder why regular typewriters are
not used to type crypto messages...Read SPYCATCHER for that and much more.)
Wright was a senior officer who told nothing he thought was really secret...
but MI5 disagreed.
Check it out!
--
Jim Ebright (james.ebright@osu.edu)
Heisenberg may have been here.
Fax # 614-785-0292. Tel # 614-785-0282. Beeper # 614-646-1093
>>> All kids can be educated -- even yours and mine. <<<
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Newsgroups: sci.crypt Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!emory!gatech!paladin.american.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!jebright From: jebright@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (James R Ebright) Subject: Re: Spycatcher Message-ID: <1993Jan23.181520.18783@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> Sender: news@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu Nntp-Posting-Host: top.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu Organization: The Ohio State University References: <C19KHJ.AuL@csfb1.fir.fbc.com> Date: Sat, 23 Jan 1993 18:15:20 GMT Lines: 40