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Message no. 1
From: Jaimie Nicholson <jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Analysis
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 09:56:56 +1200
*****PRIVATE: Ice, Squatter
>>>>>[If the erstwhile Mr East somehow discovered the tracer, then Squatter
is compromised. It would be safer to presume that that has happened, and
that RJohnson now knows Squatter is working against her somehow. I doubt
that there will be any more offers of work from her, and if there are I
would advise against accepting them.

Ice, did you get anything that can be used as a ritual sample? And were you
working with Squatter yet, when Ronin dropped out of sight?

I've been looking at the data on the runs that have been linked to
RJohnson. If she is a corporate player as Irish claims, then logically she
must be working for a corporation, which would have derived some benefit
each time she made a move. I've been working on a series of lists of who
could have profitted from each operation, of which I include a summarised
version. The full document is making the rounds in the security division
here. I'd like both of you to find out what you can and add your own
speculations, coming as they do from a view-point I cannot share. I would
suggest that you recruit whoever found Tsumora, since a second decker could
well be the difference between success and failure in this undertaking.
Keep me informed.

The operations in question, in rough chronological order:

Utopia Bombing:

The Utopia Biolabs installation was destroyed under suspicious
circumstances, a post being made to shadowland by one Bloodied Otter,
stating that s/he had done it and was affiliated to GreenWar. Another
person, using the sig Derek and also claiming to be a representative of
GreenWar, denied any knowledge of Bloodied Otter.

The insurance company covering the site (Wind, Water, and Fire) was hit
fairly hard by this, they covered sabotage, and were unable to find a way
out of paying. The company in question was owned by a number of small SS
players, more than half of the shares being owned by various people with
holdings of less than 5%. There is no megacorporate influence that I can
detect, so it seems unlikely that the the hit was designed to hurt WWF.

It is more likely that this was intended to create an opening for the next
operation, being an attempt to influence the competition for the refitting
contract.

Hodges kidnapping:

The ransom paid was data on the requirements for the replacement. This kind
of information could have been useful in preparing a bid for the contract,
but the risks of kidnapping are high, even if one can find competent shadow
assets.

The contract was won by a corp called Sakura Industrial Robotics.
Surprisingly, they were able to modify the large scale machinery that they
usually employ for delicate lab equipment. They say it was all a matter of
scale, and that the tolerances allowed for biological work are easier than
those for the manufacture of, for example, optical chips. Given the
modifications they were able to make to their production procedures, even
before receiving the contract, SIR is the prime suspect for this one.
However, there are other ways they could have found out what Utopia Biolabs
required.

Other bidders for the project included Ares Biotech (a direct subsidiary of
Ares Macrotechnology, which is common knowledge) and Redsnake Biological
Technology (apparently an independant corp, they provided the original
equipment at the facility).

MycoProducts matrix hit:

The changes Squatter made in the software resulted in the appearance of a
severe hardware fault. CulCo, the manufacturers of the device, claimed it
was sabotage, but were not believed, as there was not sufficient evidence
of Squatter's activity.

CulCo eventually agreed to replace the device at no extra cost when
MycoProducts asked for tenders for the replacement. It looks like the
tendering process was a hardline negotiators way for MycoProducts to get
the fault fixed for free, they probably agreed with CulCo that it was
sabotage.

Applicants in the rather brief tendering process included Ares Biotech (2nd
hit), BioMerieux Seattle (owned by BioMerieux, a french corp which has been
in business since before the crash), Sakura Industrial Robotics (2nd hit).

The Tsumora extraction:

Renraku is the obvious one in this case, since he's now working for a
subsidiary of that corporation. Unfortunately, we have no way of knowing
the origin of the orders that precipitated the extraction. This could have
been a decision from as high as Chiba HQ, or it could have been Renraku
Software Development making it's own moves. How big was Tsumora's
reputation in software development? Was it worth the effort for a small
corp like RSD to reach all the way to Seattle?

The Hard Corps run:

A typical extraction of technology, or at least it was planned as that.
Anyone could have been involved, because even if RJohnson's corp couldn't
use it, they could sell it to someone who could.

The Sorenson intimidation:

The only corporation likely to benefit is Renraku (2nd hit) Management
Services Seattle, since that's who Sorenson worked for.

There is one other possibility, though a remote one: a competitor of the
corp to which he planned to defect found out about the plans and arranged
this themselves. Even then, it seems more likely that they would tell RMSS
and save themselves some time and effort.

The Mulligan Assassination:

How could any corp benefit from this? That the assassination had to look
like an accident sounds like it was personal, or perhaps some sort of
intercorporate espionage. Find out what Mulligan got up to in the last few
weeks of his life.

But, Mulligan worked for Renraku (3rd hit). If he was betraying the
corporation somehow, and planning to skip town soon, this might have been
the only way to stop him in time, the proper channels being too slow.
RJohnson has already been involved in one case of discipliary action, the
Sorenson intimidation.

The SalmonCo bombing:

Renraku again (4th hit)? They were paid a penalty vastly disproportionate
to what they lost by not getting the product on time, but they did lose
some money, and suffered some damage to their reputation for reliability.
It is difficult if not impossible to judge the long term effects of this
operation.

It could have been a terrorist hit, implying that RJohnson does fixer work
as well.

Squatter's most recent job:

Files on employees could be used by anyone. That the files came from the
security division is most likely to mean that they contain information on
security risks within Fuchi's corporate hierachy. I too found this
information useful. Anyone ouside Fuchi could want this, and due to the
in-fighting that goes on there, many within the corp would also be
interested.]<<<<<
-- L <17:15:42/06-25-58>
Message no. 2
From: Jaimie Nicholson <jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Re: Analysis
Date: Thu, 26 Jun 1997 09:59:17 +1200
*****PRIVATE: Ice, L
>>>>>[Fine, glad to help. When do I get paid, BTW?]<<<<<
-- Squatter <17:23:03/06-25-58>
Message no. 3
From: Jaimie Nicholson <jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Re: Analysis
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 1997 10:43:58 +1100
*****PRIVATE: Squatter, L
>>>>>[I'll arrange the cash thing... L, Squatter has a curious aversion
to credsticks. We can argue about amounts next time we meet on the
astral... shadowland is too cumbersome for bargaining.

No sample taken from East's garage, it appears that the place was magically
sterilised. And no, Squatter wasn't involved back when I was running with
Ronin. The decker who found Tsumora was my matrix consultant at the time.
Speaking of which, I'll see if I can recruit him for this op. He's known as
Troglobyte, in s-land circles.

Those lists of people who benefitted:

Utopia Bombing:
There's no sure way of knowing whether Derek was legit either. I asked a
few questions of some people I know, and found out that the cops talked to
a former GreenWar terrorist (who's in a max security pen somewhere, they
wouldn't say which one), and he'd never heard of either of them, not that
that can be considered positive or negative confirmation. I agree that the
WWF angle is probably a red herring. Beneficiaries include all those who
could have scored the contract, so who did it doesn't really matter.

Hodges kidnapping:
If it was SIR, they were taking a hell of a chance. Would the specs for the
refit be that valuable to them in preparing the bid? Worth the amount it
cost them to get Irish and co. to do the run? Was the contract worth much,
considering that it's only one laboratory? Did they get a boost to their
rep as well as the money that the contract earned them? If so, can that
boost be quantified in terms of monetary value?

MycoProducts matrix hit:
SIR shows up again... it is possible that they were hoping for a shot at
the contract, and arranged the hit. But again, would the chance of the
contract be worth what they paid? Squatter, how much did RJohnson pay you?

The Tsumora extraction:
No idea. Squatter?

The Hard Corps run:
From the description, it looked like a double cross of some sort, probably
arranged as a live-fire test exercise for the drones. That means that you
can add Hard Corps to the list of people who benefitted. That RJohnson
would send Ronin into a trap like that seems strange though, given that
Ronin works as her bodyguard. Maybe she felt he was getting a little
untrustworthy and she had hoped to bump him off, but there are easier ways,
and ones that are more likely to succeed.

The Sorenson intimidation:
Too many maybes with the other corp option... Occam's Razor says we look at
RMSS first.

The Mulligan Assassination:
And if he was betraying the corp, killing him like this sends something of
a message. Squatter is currently checking what he was up to in his last
days.

The SalmonCo bombing:
That RJohnson does fixer work seems unlikely, from what Irish said. Unless
he was lying to us... no, his story matches Squatter's in too many details.
Occam's razor again. L, You know more about corp biz than any of us, this
one's impossible for us to call.

Squatter's most recent job:
I agree, anyone could have benefitted... including me. I'd like to make use
of the data in employee file >>number<<, if you don't
mind?]<<<<<
-- Ice <>
Message no. 4
From: Jaimie Nicholson <jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Re: Analysis
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 10:34:54 +1200
*****PRIVATE: Ice, Troglobyte, Squatter
>>>>>[The best guess we have so far is a link between SIR and Renraku. Look
>>>>>for proof of that, and if you can't find it, we'll move on. Where
>>>>>exactly RJohnson fits in is problematic, but we can assume that she is
>>>>>in SIR, not Renraku proper.

Ice, >>number<< is all yours.]<<<<<
-- L <16:33:51/06-27-58>
Message no. 5
From: Jaimie Nicholson <jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Re: Analysis
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 10:39:06 +1200
*****PRIVATE: Ice, L, Troglobyte
>>>>>[Mulligan: He had money at an investment firm owned by a sub of
>>>>>Aztechnology, and it was paid direct from AZT. Looks like they had
>>>>>turned him, and were holding the money they paid him as a guarantee he
>>>>>would keep playing ball.

SIR HQ: I got into the records inside SIR HQ, and it looks like there has
been some communication between the top-floor office and what I think was
the shadowland node at the time... I'd have to get access to some seriously
UV (though I despise the term, it is in vogue at the moment... worse than
red would be IR surely, UV implies that the security is even more pathetic
than blue... end of rant) stuff in the shadowland records to prove that
though, and the nature of shadowland is such that that kind of access isn't
available to people like me. I don't want to try and break in there either,
I'd get squashed like a chicken on a helipad.

This would indicate that if SIR is the home of RJohnson, then she's at the
top level of the corp... either the CEO (Shari Toryama), or someone close
to her.

I've also got the personal details of Toryama and her closest flunkies,
including Ronin's new SIN (or, more precisely, his old SIN (Matthew Van
Holde) made active again).

+++++Include file sirstaff.txt

I'm warming up for a run on Renraku, to see what I can find in there, but
it'll be tough going.]<<<<<
-- Squatter <16:37:15/06-27-58>
Message no. 6
From: Jaimie Nicholson <jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Re: Analysis
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 10:50:10 +1200
*****PRIVATE: Squatter, L, Troglobyte
>>>>>[I took an astral jaunt past SIR HQ this evening, and Ronin was in
fact there. He's got even more cyberware now than he did before. He drove
off with Toryama, but I was near the end of my five hour limit, so I put a
spirit on them and came back to my body. Unfortunately, someone took out
the spirit before I got back, but we have Toryama's address, so we know
where Ronin should be now.

Also, Toryama is the exec Ronin met in Chiba just before he was taken by
the company men and I had to flee to the Kurils. She was top suit in the
"Companionship Service" - joy-girls and -boys to be more precise. That a
corporate hooker would get transferred to Black ops is not _the_ most
ludicrous of things, but it's close. Still, she worked her way up to the
top of the Chiba division and that must have taken some doing for a woman
in a Japanese corp... even when, as tends to happen in a division of that
nature, you remove most of the male competition. And how else would her
career path lead from there to here?]<<<<<
-- Ice <23:45:05/06-27-58>
Message no. 7
From: Jaimie Nicholson <jaimie.nicholson@********.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject: Re: Analysis
Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 10:54:36 +1200
*****PRIVATE: Ice, L, Squatter
>>>>>[I've found a link between SIR and Renraku... when Ronin came to
Seattle, he travelled in style with Renraku datawork and a couple of Red
Sammies seated just behind him on the SO (they were ostensibly escorting a
suit, but the importance of the suit in question would barely rate one
escort under normal circumstances). There's a second link... not long after
Toryama arrived, a message from Chiba HQ made it's way through to her, I
couldn't get the text, but it's subject header was "Re-education report"...
which could help to explain why Ronin is working for Renraku again. This
message went through a few public areas, so there was a trail of sorts. But
that trail was guarded by Black IC, the exact model of which I didn't
recognise. It was lurking on a public node, with a trigger set up to launch
it at anyone who tried to trace that particular message. From the analysis
I've done since, it looks like high quality Renraku work, but that's with
around about 50% confidence. Renraku Black IC is very rare outside
Renraku's own systems, and absolutely unheard of in even semi-public
nodes.]<<<<<
-- Troglobyte <00:33:55/06-28-58>
Message no. 8
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Analysis
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 10:36:04 +0100
*****INTERNAL: SIGANet
>>>>>[TO: SIGA Archive

+++++begin transcript

C: D J H Coppinger, Director, SIGA
B: E K Byrnes, Analyst, SIGA
H: T S Harris, Analyst, SIGA
M: Major-General W Motors, UCAS Marine Corps
K: SSgt J S Karlsbruhn, Matrix Funk God, SIGA

C: We all know each other? Good. We also know the agenda? Even better.
Byrnes, your position?

B: If I choose, then it's woman on top, man handcuffed, and some whipped
cream -

M: Don't get a crusty Marine excited, Byrnes, you don't want to start
what you can't carry through. And handcuffs chafe, what happened to
silk scarves?

B: General, I had no idea you were such an aficionado. My compliments to
your wife for properly educating you. Okay, it comes down to this.
Abbadon has basically picked a lot of crazies, given them guns and
explosives, and sent them out to kill. They know absolutely jack
about who and what and why, they're just enjoying the rape and
murder. Cell structure, no cross-knowledge, and almost no central
control.

M: Meaning, even if we serve them Lynch's head on a platter, they can't
make good their promise to end the violence.

B: Well, they could refrain from further escalation, and they might
reveal the uncompromised cells to us. That would help with CoT.

H: Won't do jack for the meta-versus-human stuff that's underway. Lot of
angry people out there taking the law into their own hands.

M: Also assumes they'll keep their word.

C: There is that: I doubt they will. In fact, I believe the whole bloody
mess is a cover. On past form, they're moving their operation to
another city, and this is all just distraction.

M: Great. How many dead to achieve that?

H: Over six hundred, at last reliable count, in this wave alone.

M: And demanding Lynch's head?

C: Builds opinion against us, compromises his effectiveness, and
eliminates a useful resource we could have turned against CoT. There
may be a personal stake involved for Abbadon, but more likely it's a
carefully planned decision. These people are extremely skilled, and
very intelligent. I don't -

<knock>

C: This had better be important.

K: It is, sir. You better read this. FLASH traffic.

C: Oh, Christ. Damn it!

K: What do we do?

C: What the hell _can_ we do? The Navy are still conducting search-and-
rescue, and looking for the submarine. Get someone out to Dover AFB
right now to look after Lilith and get her back here soonest.

M: What happened?

C: Someone may be about to collect Abbadon's reward. Jason's aircraft
was shot down by a SAM, and he's still missing. Submarine, lurking
under the approach corridor, we think.

M: No chute?

C: Not mentioned. I think we need a recess.
+++++end transcript]<<<<<
-- D J H Coppinger <10:34:43/04-25-59>
Director
Strategic Intelligence Gathering Agency
Message no. 9
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: Analysis
Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 14:46:21 +0100
*****INTERNAL: Tactical Messaging System
>>>>>[+++++begin transmission

C: D J H Coppinger, Director, SIGA
L: Commander Jack Clonfero, C/O USS Arved H. Sandstro"m


L: Director? Can we keep this quick?

C: I'd expect nothing less. Sitrep?

L: Nothing. Not a sniff. Our helo dropped a buoy pattern while it was
conducting SAR. One weak contact, maybe just bottom reverb or a
wreck. This was Drumbeat country in 1942, the seabed's crowded.
They're more interested in finding your man.

C: No sign?

L: Still some jet fuel burning, some wreckage floating. Big footprint
for a fighter, it really came unzipped. What the hell did that?

C: Lilith guesses a Kingfisher. Salvo of two, second one hit. Direct,
too.

L: That's not what my helo driver's gonna want to hear. Can I pass that
on?

C: I wasn't aware you didn't know. Absolutely, that sub may have more
aboard.

L: Right. Anyway, we're closing in on the area, about half an hour out
now, and we'll start a spiral search. If nothing else we can use the
SQS-94 to find the cockpit section, flag it for the recovery divers
to - wait out.

<pause>

L: I gotta run, David. They just found a body in the water.

C: Not a man in the water?

L: Take the wording up with my rescue swimmer. We'll bring him in, but
it doesn't look good. I got work to do, Dave, I'll keep you posted.
+++++end transmission]<<<<<
-- D J H Coppinger <14:46:54/04-25-59>
Director
Strategic Intelligence Gathering Agency
Message no. 10
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Analysis
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 02:05:29 +0100
*****PRIVATE: Diana, Mistress of the Night
>>>>>[Look, you may not have heard, but...

Lilith's dead. She was killed yesterday. I get her mail as senior
surviving team member.

No hard feelings, but I'd rather you didn't tear my mind up to dig out
its secrets. But we might be able to make a deal with PanGlobal. Tell Dr
Jackson that. He can contact me or Coppinger, whoever he feels happier
dealing with.

And I don't even have time to get properly drunk. Goddamn. Have to make
do with what I feel now. Damned move-by-wire filters everything for me.
You ever feel like you were a puppet in your own body?


By the way, do you think I threatened you? I don't _think_ I did. I
don't even remember threatening your father. Weird. This whole place is
_weird_.]<<<<<
-- Mitchell <02:03:45/06-12-59>
Message no. 11
From: Brian Angliss <angliss@*****.COLORADO.EDU>
Subject: Re: Analysis
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 14:40:34 +0100
*****PRIVATE: Mitchell
>>>>>[Listen, if there's concern on the part of Lillith, or Coppinger, that
>>>>>you might be mentally controlled somehow, then they may order you to
>>>>>let me take a look at you. If it's a consolation, I don't have to go
>>>>>digging at all, just perform a minor ritual to identify any traces
>>>>>that are suspicious. I understand your concern, but I was asked to
>>>>>make the offer, and it will stand.

I hadn't heard that Lillith was dead. Many people wont' appreciate hearing
about that.

As for feeling like a puppet, I'm a houngan, Mitchell. That means the Loa
ride me hard once in a while, so yes, I know exactly what that's like. The
difference is that I was called for it, and it's natural for me, whereas
it's artifically triggered in your case.

Panglobal? Aren't they the new arms dealer group that's coming up
recently? I'd heard that they were moving into some vacated turf, but
that's about it. I'm not sure how much more Dad knows more about it, but
we're not involved. Sorry, but I think you've got some information mixed
up.

Finally, no, you never threatened me personally, Mitchell. But you did say
that you would eliminate some people if they got in the way, which is an
implicit threat to just about everyone. Perhaps it's a bit hypocritical,
but while most of us would wipe the walls with someone who got in our way,
we're generally a little more tactfull about saying so, or it's just
understood. My purpose was more to open your eyes a little than respond to
a threat.

Good luck to you.]<<<<<
-- Diana, Mistress of the Night <14:37:05/06-12-59>

*****PRIVATE: Action Jackson
>>>>>[Take care of this when you wake up, Dad, but Mitchell commented to me
>>>>>about Panglobal. There shouldn't be enough evidence yet to tie us to
>>>>>it, so I'm convinced he's digging, seeing if we make a mistake and
>>>>>acknowledge that we're behind it. But it's something to look into.
>>>>>If he knows, somehow, then it's already too late to cover our
>>>>>involvement, and we're about to have a lot of people coming down on
>>>>>our heads.]<<<<<
-- Diana, Mistress of the Night <14:39:41/05-12-59>
Message no. 12
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: Analysis
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 1998 23:33:17 +0100
*****PRIVATE: Diana, Mistress of the Night
>>>>>[...Okay. You say when and where, I'll be there, your people
confirm all my locator gear's shut down, I come see you and we get this
business settled. I don't like the idea that I'm thinking someone else's
thoughts.

Two requirements. I stay conscious throughout, I keep the 20-gauge in my
right forearm loaded throughout.

Acceptable?


As for Panglobal... I'll pass on that Dr Jackson is not involved, that
we have no links to them, and that they're hostile strangers. We'll
formulate all future policy accordingly.

Come on, Diana, wasn't me decided to drop that comment. The (not
unanimous) estimate from the analysis cells back at SIGA is that
Panglobal is Dr Jackson getting back into the business. If it is...
maybe we can deal instead of fight. If not, say so, they can go on the
frag list.


People wanting illegal weapons are like people wanting illegal booze or
drugs or chips. All you can do, enforcing the law, is force up the price
of the illegal crap, you can't ever _stop_ it. I do know that, believe
it or not. Whoever runs Panglobal, if we shut them down someone else
will fill the gap, like lopping heads off the Hydra.

But, what if we'd had a few weeks advance notice of CoT's little
offensive, because they were making major purchases to equip their army
of madmen and the Seattle arms dealers passed word to us? How many lives
could have been saved? How much suffering prevented?

See why we'd consider this?

Just a few thoughts, from a lonely angry SEAL. Don't mean much, Diana.
Don't mean much at all.]<<<<<
-- Mitchell <23:32:16/06-13-49>
Message no. 13
From: Brian Angliss <angliss@*****.COLORADO.EDU>
Subject: Re: Analysis
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 14:39:31 +0100
*****PRIVATE: Mitchell
>>>>>[Your conditions are acceptable to me. Dad would like to do a simple
>>>>>signal and cyberscan to look for anything unusual in your head. If
>>>>>that bothers you, we'll just do the Astral stuff. Meet me at Etsy's
>>>>>up in Snohomish, outside the Boeing manufacturing facility at 2200
>>>>>tonight. You'll recognize me easily enough.

Panglobal is not associated with Dad, Mitchell. Sorry, but your analysis
people are wrong on this one, unless Dad is keeping this from me too. And
that's not very likely.

But I do agree about the CoT fiasco. Some connections might have been able
to keep the bloodshed down some. Too bad that Dad's connections are a
little sour these days.]<<<<<
-- Diana, Mistress of the Night <14:26:31/06-15-59>

*****PRIVATE: Action Jackson
>>>>>[ +++++ Begin Wake Up Call v2.0 +++++

WHEEP WHEEP WHEEP WHEEP WHEEP WEEEOOOOOOEEEEEOOOOOEEEEEOOOOOEEEEEOOOOOEEEE...

+++++ Wake Up Call Terminated +++++


Now that you're up, Dad, here's a transcript of the last communication I
recieved from Mitchell.

>>Include Transcript and response<<

It looks really bad, Dad. If SIGA has analysts who are coming up with
this, then you can bet everyone does. It may be time already to take this
a little more public, but that's your call.]<<<<<
-- Diana, Mistress of the Night <14:30:26/06-15-59>

*****PRIVATE: Diana
>>>>>[I'll take care of it immediately. Nothing public yet. How go the
>>>>>negotiations with Sasha's mercs?]<<<<<
-- Action Jackson <14:31:43/06-15-59>

*****PRIVATE: Action Jackson
>>>>>[Well. We're close to having a contract. It's expensive, but that's
>>>>>hardly a surprise.]<<<<<
-- Diana, Mistress of the Night <14:32:59/06-15-59>

*****PRIVATE: Director Coppinger
>>>>>[Director, we need to have a discussion about something. I would like
>>>>>to meet with you ASAP, and will be leaving for FDC in about 2 hours.
>>>>>That I'm risking flying during daylight should tell you of my concern.
>>>>>Please delete this message immediately - I'd hate to have to hire
>>>>>someone to purge it from outside. There can be no electronic records.
>>>>>I'd like to meet you, preferably tomorrow morning, 1100 hours, by the
>>>>>Lincoln Memorial. I will be disguised, and I'm sure your files
>>>>>describe my expertise in that regard, so I'll find you. Please come
>>>>>alone, and ensure you are not followed. I will be wearing various
>>>>>anti-recording and anti-eavesdropping devices as well.

I'm sorry for the level of paranoia I'm exhibiting, but I think you
understand why I'm doing so, and you're not paranoid when they really are
out to get you. Thank you.]<<<<<
-- Dr. Alexander Jackson <14:38:16/06-15-59>
Message no. 14
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: Analysis
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 22:43:21 +0100
*****PRIVATE: Diana, Mistress of the Night
>>>>>[Etsy's, near Boeing.

Okay. If we're doing this, we might as well do it properly... we'll go
for the whole checkup. I guess I either trust you or I don't, huh?]<<<<<
-- Mitchell <22:43:26/06-15-59>
Message no. 15
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowtk@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: Analysis
Date: Mon, 15 Jun 1998 22:56:57 +0100
*****PRIVATE: Action Jackson
>>>>>[Your reservations are understood and agreed to. I'd offer you
clearance into National, but I guess it would be more exposure than
you'd like.

Take my word for it: any tails, surveillance or eavesdroppers will not
be with me or mine. Do with them as you will, if you find any, it'll
save me some trouble. Nobody associated with me will eavesdrop, I will
be relying on my memory to record events.

And I understand exactly, why you are so cautious.]<<<<<
-- David C. <22:55:32/06-15-59>

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