Re: Carl Johnson Warrant and Complaint

["Edwin E. Smith" <edsmith@IntNet.net>]

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I read the arrest warrant and a couple of things strike me as 
strange.

1. Why would anyone post an encrypted message along with the password 
to decrypt it?

2. I thought the public portion of a key was required to authenticate 
a signature, the secret part is only used to sign a message.

I believe that anyone who is now subscribed to the cypherpunks list 
is now under surveilance. I suspected that this might be true but now 
my belief is confirmed.

Edwin



At 07:40 PM 9/8/98 -0400, you wrote:
>Thanks to anonymous we offer the arrest warrant and
>complaint against Carl Edward Johnson:
>
>   http://jya.com/usa-v-cej-wc.htm  (23K)
>
>List Cypherpunks is spotlighted by the IRS complainant,
>Jeff Gordon, who made Jim Bell famous. The list is 
>quoted, logged, tracked, and cited for its hosting alleged death 
>threat messages against federal officials, which were
>PGP-authenticated and -decoded, and their style and content 
>assessed for identity of the author, along with other allegations 
>by the RCMP on what Carl may or may not have done up north 
>and by the Secret Service on Carl may or may not have said 
>out west.
>
>We have also been told that Carl is known as "The King
>of Country Porn" among admiring fans of his music.
>
>Whether this has anything to do with the little-known person 
>we're seeking information about is a mystery.
>
>
>
>
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