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Message no. 1
From: Mark L. Neidengard mneideng@****.caltech.edu
Subject: Covert Ops
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 10:49:20 -0800 (PST)
*****PRIVATE: Lynch
>>>>>[
+++++Anonymizer EtaTau4 engaged

My goodness, I have been graced by an email from the dead. My congratulations
on such a magnificent non-demise.

I perceive an urgency in your message so I will come straight to the point.
Direct contact by government operatives, especially ones with such a reputation
for handling troublesome matters with their own hands, is unusual for one in
my position. I am willing to discuss what must surely be a difficult and
pernicious target, but for both of our protection I will speak through a
a realtime cybernetic intermediary - less risk for you should legal concerns
arise later and less risk for me should your reputation for forthrightness be
somehow in error.

I propose a meeting at <TIMEANDADDRESS>. You can embed the following token
into a credstick with which to pay at the front door. The bouncers will then
allow you to bypass both weapon checks and the normal dance section of the
club and proceed to the more intimate quarters. My "avatar" will be waiting
alone in room 124.

+++++include digital.token

Your safety within the club's doors is assured by Laughing Larry. I await
our meeting.
]<<<<<
-- The Sybarite <10:25:31 / 12-14-60>
Message no. 2
From: Paul J. Adam Shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk
Subject: Covert Ops
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 21:32:25 +0000
*****PRIVATE: The Sybarite
>>>>>[I've been dead before. It's no big deal. You get to the point where
you have to provide a body for the bad guys to look at, and you realise
that people take you _way_ too seriously...

Your terms are entirely acceptable. See you - or rather, your
representative - in Room 124.]<<<<<
-- Lynch <21:32:56/12-60>
Message no. 3
From: Mark L. Neidengard mneideng@****.caltech.edu
Subject: Covert Ops
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 1999 10:49:20 -0800 (PST)
*****PRIVATE: Lynch
>>>>>[
+++++Anonymizer EtaTau4 engaged

My goodness, I have been graced by an email from the dead. My congratulations
on such a magnificent non-demise.

I perceive an urgency in your message so I will come straight to the point.
Direct contact by government operatives, especially ones with such a reputation
for handling troublesome matters with their own hands, is unusual for one in
my position. I am willing to discuss what must surely be a difficult and
pernicious target, but for both of our protection I will speak through a
a realtime cybernetic intermediary - less risk for you should legal concerns
arise later and less risk for me should your reputation for forthrightness be
somehow in error.

I propose a meeting at <TIMEANDADDRESS>. You can embed the following token
into a credstick with which to pay at the front door. The bouncers will then
allow you to bypass both weapon checks and the normal dance section of the
club and proceed to the more intimate quarters. My "avatar" will be waiting
alone in room 124.

+++++include digital.token

Your safety within the club's doors is assured by Laughing Larry. I await
our meeting.
]<<<<<
-- The Sybarite <10:25:31 / 12-14-60>
Message no. 4
From: Paul J. Adam Shadowtk@********.demon.co.uk
Subject: Covert Ops
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 1999 21:32:25 +0000
*****PRIVATE: The Sybarite
>>>>>[I've been dead before. It's no big deal. You get to the point where
you have to provide a body for the bad guys to look at, and you realise
that people take you _way_ too seriously...

Your terms are entirely acceptable. See you - or rather, your
representative - in Room 124.]<<<<<
-- Lynch <21:32:56/12-60>

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