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Summer 2002 - Department of Justice offices
MS rep: "Look, this case is just bad news for everyone, and all I'm saying is I think we can work out a way to make everyone happy."
DOJ rep: "I don't see what you could possibly offer the U.S. government in exchange for a settlement."
MS rep: "I think that you're thinking what I'm thinking. I think that we have something that you want very badly."
DOJ rep: "And what might that be?"
MS rep: "You want a backdoor into every PC running Windows."
DOJ rep: "It would be a great boon to law enforcement to be able to protect national security in that manner."
MS rep: "We'll just keep that part of the settlement between us though, of course."
DOJ rep: "Of course."
I guess we'll never know the truth.
MS rep: "Look, this case is just bad news for everyone, and all I'm saying is I think we can work out a way to make everyone happy."
DOJ rep: "I don't see what you could possibly offer the U.S. government in exchange for a settlement."
MS rep: "I think that you're thinking what I'm thinking. I think that we have something that you want very badly."
DOJ rep: "And what might that be?"
MS rep: "You want a backdoor into every PC running Windows."
DOJ rep: "It would be a great boon to law enforcement to be able to protect national security in that manner."
MS rep: "We'll just keep that part of the settlement between us though, of course."
DOJ rep: "Of course."
I guess we'll never know the truth.
