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Subject: Re: Go away CIA
From: "W.C. Epperson" <epperson @ vak12ed . edu>
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 1996 13:31:13 EDT
To: firewalls @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to: <Pine . BSI . 3 . 93 . 960923094103 . 11748P-100000 @ sidhe . memra . com>; from "Michael Dillon" at Sep 23, 96 9:44 am
Reply-to: epperson @ vak12ed . edu

On Mon, 23 Sep 1996, Nick Keenan wrote:

> I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned yet that it is EXTREMELY illegal for
> the CIA to be conducting operations inside the US, and that for any law
> enforcement agency to try to enter someone else's computer system without a
> warrant is a serious constitutional violation.
> 
> This attempted intrusion should be reported to the FBI immediately.

Was an Australian site, and I don't believe the CIA's charter includes
law enforcement....
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Senior SE                        Self-confidence, my friends call it."
Information Security Officer             --Edgar Allan Poe--
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Virginia Dept. of Education	        
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