Re: Anti-Electronic Racketeering Act of 1995 (fwd)

[Carl Ellison <cme@TIS.COM>]

>Date: Sun, 16 Jul 1995 00:41:03 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Brian Davis <bdavis@thepoint.net>
>
>On Fri, 14 Jul 1995, Carl Ellison wrote:
>...
>>   The last
>> $9M (I believe it was) went to buying up AT&T DES phones to be made into
>> Clipper phones.  Of course, the conversion hasn't happened yet and the DES
>> phones are sitting in a warehouse someplace -- but the $9M fund went to
>		^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>Nope.  There is one right here in my office.  And it makes me feel so 
>safe and secure.

The $9M didn't buy *all* of the AT&T phones.  TIS has 2 of them.  Bruce
Schneier has 1.  Whit Diffie has one that I've seen.

However, all the ones it did buy are apparently in a warehouse, gathering
dust.

 - Carl

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