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[Peter Fairbrother]

> Peter Gutmann at pgut001@cs.auckland.ac.nz wrote:
> Just when I thought the paranoia discussion had hit rock bottom I find people
> are starting to dig...  In-Q-Tel is just another VC, it just happens to fund
> work which is of interest to the CIA.

"In-Q-Tel, Inc., a private not-for-profit "venture catalyst" chartered by
the CIA, is dedicated to developing information technology that enables the
gathering of accurate, comprehensive, and timely foreign intelligence in the
interest of national security."

> [snip]
> Sorry to disappoint everyone, but sometimes, a cigar is just a cigar.

A CIA cigar.

Peter