Carl-

Wanted to make sure you've seen this EFF announcement from a couple
days back in case you or someone else at TPM might be interested in
doing a story at some point:
https://www.eff.org/press/releases/three-nsa-whistleblowers-back-effs-lawsuit-over-governments-massive-spying-program


On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 12:20 PM, Carl Franzen
<carl@talkingpointsmemo.com> wrote:

Apologies, you can disregard the below. Meant for Barrett Lyon, but feel
free to answer if so inclined. Hope all is well.

-C


On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 1:19 PM, Carl Franzen <carl@talkingpointsmemo.com>
wrote:

Dear Barrett,

Hello, Carl Franzen here of Talking Points Memo
(www.talkingpointsmemo.com).

I am writing today to request your analysis of Kaspersky's discovery that
an early version of Stuxnet contained a platform component of Flame inside
its source
code.(http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/208193568/Back_to_Stuxnet_the_missing_link)
I had several questions that I was hoping you could answer at this time:

-Were you surprised to see that Flame and Stuxnet were related in this
way? Why or why not?
-What does this discovery mean for the relationship between Flame, Stuxnet
and Duqu?
-What can we say about the authors of the three pieces of malware based on
this discovery?
-Do you believe, despite the connection between Flame and Stuxnet, that
the two were developed by separate teams and in independent programs?
-What does the discovery mean for the theory that Flame is a
state-sponsored cyber espionage tool?
-Do you believe that the two teams that developed Stuxnet and Flame were
operating in the same country? Why or why not?

I understand you must be very busy, but if you could please get back to me
at your earliest convenience, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Thanks for your time and consideration,

Sincerely,

Carl

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Regards,

Barrett Brown
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