Time: Wed Oct 30 12:53:40 1996
To: Electra
From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: Please forward to Nancy Lord
Cc:
Bcc:
>Date: Tue, 29 Oct 1996 23:55:33
>To: Nancy Lord <defense@mindspring.com>
>From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
>Subject: Re: Tapper or Hacker?
>
>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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