Cryptome Quotes

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“"There's nothing that should be secret. Period."”

“"My defense is, I don't know what these documents are."”

“"We'll put up anything that no one else wants to put up"”

“"Authority was the enemy. That's [my] psychological background."”

“John Young: I don't acknowledge the power of the law.”

“Young: We're great advocates of plagiarism and stealing.”

“John Young: Facts are not a trustworthy source of knowledge.”

“John Young: There are no secrets that shouldn’t be published.”

“Young: We wouldn't do this if we didn't want to piss people off.”

“John Young: Don’t send us stuff and think that we’ll protect you.”

“John Young: I don't drink water. Why drink water when there is alcohol?”

“Young: The reality is that there's big business in branding dissent and whistle-blowing.”

“John Young: My mentor, Jean-Paul Sartre, said that imagination is the only thing you can trust.”

“"We're totally untrustworthy. We may be a sting operation, we may be working for the Feds. If you trust us, you're stupid."”

“Cryptome is not trustworthy, and lies.Cryptome Other Stuff”

“Young: Cryptome, aspiring to be a free public library, accepts that libraries are chock full of contaminated material, hoaxes, forgeries, propaganda.”

“Young: Cypherpunk was completely different from anything that existed at the time. It was all about taking over the world by undermining institutions and authorities.”

“John Young: Human activity is built on tricking and being tricked. Those who don’t hoodwink are evil people up to no good. I certainly expect to be hoodwinked. I’ll do it, too.”

“Natsios: We find that increasingly because of legal and financial pressures, institutionalized freedom of information groups become quite inflexible, not agile, not tactical enough.”