Chalabi Reportedly Told Iran That U.S. Had Code

[John Kelsey]

>From: Peter Gutmann <pgut001 at cs.auckland.ac.nz>
>Sent: Jun 4, 2004 11:24 PM
>Subject: Re: Chalabi Reportedly Told Iran That U.S. Had Code

>Isn't this just a corollary from the Hans Buehler affair?  (Buehler was a
>salesman for Crypto AG who was imprisoned by the Iranians when they suspected
>Crypto AG of selling them gear that had been doctored at the request of the
>NSA.  This would seem to confirm their suspicions).

Did the Iranians actually think they could get technical information about a computer product from a *salesman*?  

>Peter.

--John Kelsey

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