Re: Interesting Discussion with US Government Computer Expert

From: Richard Heathfield (dontmail_at_address.co.uk.invalid)
Date: 08/30/03 

Date: Sat, 30 Aug 2003 18:40:38 +0000 (UTC)

Douglas A. Gwyn wrote:

> Richard Heathfield wrote:
>> I think it's fairly safe to say that, if that were true,
> > it would have been published by now.
>
> Only if it were discovered by someone who sees more benefit
> in publishing it than in hiding it.

True. But if it were /easy/ (as the OP seemed to be suggesting), I think
it's reasonable to assume that it would be discovered independently by
sufficient people that at least one of them would publish. 

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