Time: Tue Oct 29 23:55:31 1996 To: Nancy Lord <defense@mindspring.com> From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: Re: Tapper or Hacker? Cc: Bcc: At 12:11 AM 10/30/96 -0500, you wrote: >Dear Paul, > I got a message today from your primenet >guy, Neal Kelsey. He didn't give your name >but I'm guessing it's you. Is this still going on? It was this afternoon. I am routinely mailing bounced email to you. Expect 3-4 days delay for snail mail, first class. /s/ Paul Mitchell > It's starting to really worry me, because it's >only is happening to us. I started to post Neal >that it might be a government intercept malfunction >or a hacker, but got stuck on explaining what it >was we both do for a living that makes us targets. >Decided it was best to leave it out, or he will think >I am a paranoid nut case or that we're both in some >illegal racket. Do you know this guy? Not very well, but I always express immediate appreciation to all the tech support people for everything they have done for me in the past, and Neal knows that I am sincere and legitimate with my questions to his staff. Judging from the almost instant responses I have gotten from him, he is very concerned about keeping people on-line. I do on occasion forward things to him, just to give him a taste of what it is we do. So, he knows, but not a lot. My experience has been that if people are spooked, they fall silent. Neal takes his job very seriously, and he is very direct with customers who ask for help. So, consider him an ally in this work. The whole networking industry is furious at Congress for repeatedly trying to throttle the Internet. It may be that we are in for another round of struggle with Mark Twain's idiots -- the House of Representatives. /s/ Paul Mitchell > We had a lot of excitement here this afternoon. >The cable suddenly cut & while I was calling, Don >(home early, remember?) stuck his head out and saw >a fire in one of the large transformers down the block. >They confirmed that's what it was and we got their >before the fire trucks. There were three of them, a >couple of cop cars, power company guys, and para- >medics (no one was injured). The whole neighbor- >hood was out. > Then like 15 of these guys, in suits with breathing >apparatus got inside the fence and sprayed this yellow >stuff on it. It took about 20 minutes to get the fire out, >and the smoke even longer than that. The whole block >smelled like a chemical explosion. I went home to >cut off the computer because I thought they'd cut the >electricity (started to post you to save all my posts in >case we got blamed, then realized I was paranoid), >and when I went back the para-medics made me get >Don back from right by it. He had a good seat but was >in danger of chemical inhalation. Nobody knew what it was yet. You should know that transformers have PCB's in them. You should have been moving upwind at 90 mph, if that were the case. Get your blood tested asap, ok? Do it for me. /s/ Paul Mitchell > Was not on line again til now, and got the >post from Neal. I did get 2 posts from you, A Worthy >Proposal and Research Point. Agree on Klinton. Him, >a republican congress, and a large showing for Harry >will do a whole lot more for freedom than Dole. He >brings people out. Nobody was a better recruiter for >legalization than Bill Bennett. > But if you sent anything else, I didn't get it. Hope >I didn't miss anything important, you know I like hearing >from you. I had to resort to snail mail. I have no other way of getting stuff to you that kept bouncing. I strongly suspect intercepts. Can you change ISP's? > Please say a prayer for Bobby. It's all up to him >now, and God. > Missing you. You are sweet. I do need it right now. I am sinking under the weight of these clients who use vicious lies to rationalize their failure to pay for my services, all the while they were so pleased and willing to tell others the same about the high quality of my work. My rational mind tells me I am approaching a drop point, and the flak is intensifying. How did those Allied bomber crews ever get through? "Pilot to bombardier: open bomb bay doors." I must now walk in their tall shadows. It is no easy task, as you know. /s/ Paul Mitchell >Good night. And so to You also, in the springtime of flowers, in the autumn of our lives, thru the winter of discontent, unto the summer of pure light, we pray the Spirit Most Holy, will guide Us through the fog, and bring the rest along to be together, forever joy, together forever, Love, resurrected perfection and Peace. Amen. /s/ Paul Mitchell >Nancy > > > > > > >
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