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2. Jailed with Carl Sagan, Martin Sheen, and Daniel Ellsberg

Reply to newthinking (Original post)

Tue May 26, 2015, 01:09 PM

May 2015

By the 1980s he had moved to Boulder, Colorado, and was working as an IT consultant, but spending 40 hours a week as a peace activist. In 1984, he met the celebrity astronomer Carl Sagan, the actor Martin Sheen and the Pentagon Papers whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg – in a police jail. They had been arrested after breaking into the Nevada nuclear test site.

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Philip Zimmermann: king of encryption reveals his fears for privacy [View all] newthinking May 2015 OP

Someone tell this Zimmerman moron Blue_Tires May 2015 #1

Whoosh! bananas May 2015 #3

Also, there is no useful "metadata" in proxied and encrypted communications newthinking May 2015 #4

Interesting, considering Snowden did a fair amount Blue_Tires May 2015 #5

Well, I guess he now has to move again Blue_Tires May 2015 #6

Jailed with Carl Sagan, Martin Sheen, and Daniel Ellsberg bananas May 2015 #2