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From: Bill Stewart 908-949-0705 erebus...
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1992 22:53
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1992 22:53
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In article <1992Aug31.105853.17069@cas.org> jac54@cas.org () writes: ] This pales in comparison to that legendary statement in ] the "Spycatcher" trial when the U.K. attorney-general admitted ] that although Sir Martin Hollis hade been head of MI6 "it did ] not mean that the organization existed before he was director- ] general or that it existed after he retired from the position." ] (I paraphrase). I forget if it's the same scandal or a similar one, but in about 1986 a British politican was quoted as saying that his organization hadn't been lying, but "we were being economical with the truth" :-) -- Pray for peace; Bill #Bill Stewart 908-949-0705 wcs@anchor.ho.att.com AT&T Bell Labs 4M312 Holmdel NJ # Any technology distinguishable from magic is not sufficiently advanced ...
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Newsgroups: sci.crypt Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnewsh!wcs From: wcs@cbnewsh.cb.att.com (Bill Stewart 908-949-0705 erebus.att.com!wcs) Subject: Re: GCHQ's location. No big secret! Organization: AT&T Bell Labs Random ReOrganization Generator Date: Tue, 1 Sep 1992 22:53:48 GMT Message-ID: <1992Sep1.225348.4590@cbnewsh.cb.att.com> References: <715092656.11378@minster.york.ac.uk> <1992Aug31.105853.17069@cas.org> Lines: 17