<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Right? It's the basic difference between Snowden spilling the beans to American media about NSA spying on Americans and Snowden spilling the beans to Chinese media about NSA spying on China. </div><div><br></div><div>Espionage, whether we like it or not, is critical for security. We can't just unilaterally quit and expect it to go well. And I offer again, as proof, Afghanistan. <br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Aug 4, 2013, at 2:03 PM, TwentFirstCentury Matters <<a href="mailto:matters21stcentury@yahoo.com">matters21stcentury@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:tahoma, new york, times, serif;font-size:8pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><span style="RIGHT: auto">All the reasons you've all furnished are valid,</span></div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: tahoma, new york, times, serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 11px; RIGHT: auto"><span style="RIGHT: auto">b</span><span style="RIGHT: auto">ut I surmise espionage is #1. </span></div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: tahoma, new york, times, serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 11px; RIGHT: auto"><span style="RIGHT: auto">Govt, industrial, personal spying</span></div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: tahoma, new york, times, serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 11px; RIGHT: auto"><span style="RIGHT: auto">are all more prevalent than we like to think.</span></div>
<div style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent; FONT-STYLE: normal; FONT-FAMILY: tahoma, new york, times, serif; COLOR: rgb(0,0,0); FONT-SIZE: 11px; RIGHT: auto"><span style="RIGHT: auto">what is cry<var id="yui-ie-cursor"></var>ptography all about, anyway?</span></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>extropy-chat mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat">http://lists.extropy.org/mailman/listinfo.cgi/extropy-chat</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>