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Bill Payne vs. NSA
Bill Payne vs. NSA
by billp » Sat 19 Jan 2008, 21:27:21
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'A')nd as we all know, Iran does not have nuclear weapons, nor are they building nuclear weapons.
Are you sure?
Have you considered Warlords?
We got more threatening mail today
Us cats continue to believe that peaceful settlement is the best way out of these messes.
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Re: Russia Issues Nuclear Attack Threat
by smallpoxgirl » Sat 19 Jan 2008, 22:04:12
Somebody clue me in. What on earth has that letter to do with Iranian nuclear weapons?
"We were standing on the edges
Of a thousand burning bridges
Sifting through the ashes every day
What we thought would never end
Now is nothing more than a memory
The way things were before
I lost my way" - OCMS
Of a thousand burning bridges
Sifting through the ashes every day
What we thought would never end
Now is nothing more than a memory
The way things were before
I lost my way" - OCMS
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Re: Russia Issues Nuclear Attack Threat
by yesplease » Sat 19 Jan 2008, 22:19:36
I think it's in reference to the gap between what's commonly reported in the media and what's actually going on. That letter specifically applies to a former employee of the NSA and his suit against them for wrongful termination, which he believes was a result of criticizing the NSA's cryptographic deficiencies.
Perhaps those deficiencies don't exist, just like Iranian nuclear weapons don't exist. I'm not saying either or in either case, just that we don't know unless we are privy to some specific and likely information.
Perhaps those deficiencies don't exist, just like Iranian nuclear weapons don't exist. I'm not saying either or in either case, just that we don't know unless we are privy to some specific and likely information.
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Professor Membrane', ' ')Not now son, I'm making ... TOAST!
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Re: Russia Issues Nuclear Attack Threat
by smallpoxgirl » Sat 19 Jan 2008, 22:45:29
Yeah, I did some googling on the letter. Seems that these guys have been repeatedly filling one after another unsuccessful lawsuit since 1998 regarding some pissing match with NSA over rights to cryptology tech. This seemed to me the most relevant of what turned up: $this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('US District Court Judge', 'T')he judge in Lapin v. United States referred to a study showing that “a single hour spent by a federal judge on a case costs the taxpayers approximately six hundred dollars.” He determined the amount of judge time spent dealing with plaintiffs frivolous filings, assigning $600 to in-court time and $200 to out-of court time, and came to the total sanction of over $28,000. If that method were used in this case, Plaintiffs’ sanction would likely amount to well over $100,000.
Given that, a $10,000 fine seems rather lenient.
Sure don't see how that's related to Iran having nukes.
"We were standing on the edges
Of a thousand burning bridges
Sifting through the ashes every day
What we thought would never end
Now is nothing more than a memory
The way things were before
I lost my way" - OCMS
Of a thousand burning bridges
Sifting through the ashes every day
What we thought would never end
Now is nothing more than a memory
The way things were before
I lost my way" - OCMS
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Re: Russia Issues Nuclear Attack Threat
by billp » Sat 19 Jan 2008, 23:08:40
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')hat letter specifically applies to a former employee of the NSA and his suit against them for wrongful termination, which he believes was a result of criticizing the NSA's cryptographic deficiencies.
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