NODE 4f094c2aCylink and Organized Crime?
John Young <jya@pipeline.com>Tue, 27 Jan 1998 01:47:32 +0800
Mr. Gene Carozza
Security Public Relations
Cylink Corporation
Dear Mr. Carozza,
We have received two recent e-mail messages concerning
Cylink's alleged links to organized crime. The messages
may be seen on the Web at:
http://jya.com/cylinked.htm
This is a serious charge. Could you provide information to
answer it?
Sincerely,
John Young
NODE 0d5cb2e8Re: Cylink and Organized Crime?
Steve Schear <schear@lvdi.net>Tue, 27 Jan 1998 10:12:56 +0800
I worked at Cylink as Manager of Business Development from April 1992 -
April 1994. I reported directly to both Lew Morris (CEO) and Jim Omura
(CTO) and know Jim socially, as well. I know of no instance in which I
suspected Cylink had criminal ties (other than our own govenment ;-)
I heard that NSA people from the Fort (Meade) did request that Cylink
supply 'special' crypto devices to drug cartele clients I don't believe
they were accomodated (probably not enough lead time or Cylink was offered
too little money).
Ademco is a major stockholder, as are Jim and Lew (~20% combined) and
Renessisance Capital.
--Steve