PHILIP ZIMMERMAN ARRESTED [NOT!]

[gnu]

This is an April Fools' Day prank.  I spoke personally to Phil
and he is sitting comfortably in his own house (with the phone ringing
off the hook).

	John

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From: Tommy the Tourist <nobody@soda.berkeley.edu>
Newsgroups: alt.security.pgp
Subject: PLEASE READ: PHILIP ZIMMERMAN ARRESTED
Date: 1 Apr 1994 14:25:30 GMT
Organization: Cypherpunks
Message-ID: <2nhasq$ltb@agate.berkeley.edu>
NNTP-Posting-Host: soda.berkeley.edu
Originator: hh@soda.berkeley.edu

Philip Zimmerman, writer of the popular encryption program PGP, has been
arrested! He is being held on $1,000,000 bail. The charges against him are 
as follows: 

1) Violating PKP's patent on RSA.
2) Allowing PGP to be distributed outside of the US.

I have just heard about this, since I work for the FBI (which is why I am
posting this anonymously), and will post more information when I can get it.

You may wish to set up a fund to help pay Zimmerman's bail.


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