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Re: NSA and competence

To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: NSA and competence
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <[email protected]>
Date: Tue, 28 Jun 1994 08:15:50 -0400
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 27 Jun 1994 14:09:28 PDT." <[email protected]>
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[email protected] says:
> OTOH, one need not assume that everyone at NSA is a rocket scientist and
> that they are miles ahead of us in this game.

Well, the concrete evidence thus far is that they are ahead of us.

> The long undistinguished history of federal agencies shows them to
> be full of incompetence, waste and usually gross fraud as
> well.

Sure. However, ten billion dollars spent at only 25% efficiency is
still 2.5 billion dollars. They have plenty of money, and EXTREMELY
smart people. Bob Morris isn't a weenie. Neither are any of the other
NSAoids I know of. That, and the concrete evidence that they are
probably twenty years ahead of us, leads me to believe that it is
stupid to underestimate them.

Perry

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