An abstract gradient of metaphors if you'd like:
1999: "They have computers and many have other weapons of mass
destruction" (The article is dated as 2002, its google cached as 2011,
but I want to remember it as a quote from 1999)
http://www.cnet.com/news/federal-unit-to-fight-hacking/
2000: http
Some will remember this Clinton administration handling of cryptography,
and now its recycling of threats and assurances by Obama.
Cryptography's Role in Securing the Information Society, May 2, 1996
https://cryptome.org/jya/nrcindex.htm
Cryptome's first publication, scanned hardcopy, NRC displ
