nt (as Prophet had
purloined it). Half of it had been deleted--edited by Neidorf.

Ms. Williams countered that "Most of the information that is in the
text file is redundant."

Zenner continued to probe. Exactly what bits of knowledge in the
Document were, in fact, unknown to the public? Locations of E911
computers? Phone numbers for telco personnel? Ongoing maintenance
subcommittees? Hadn't Neidorf removed much of this?

Then he pounced. "Are you familiar with Bellcore Technical Reference
Document TR-TSY-000350?" It was, Zenner explained, officially titled
"E911 Public Safety Answering Point Interface Between 1-1AESS Switch
and Customer Premises Equipment." It contained highly detailed and
specific technical information about the E911 System. It was published
by Bellcore and publicly available for about $20.

He showed the witness a Bellcore catalog which listed thousands of
documents from Bellcore and from all the Baby Bells, BellSouth
included. The catalog, Zenner pointed out, was free. Anyone with a
credit card could call the Bellcore toll-free 800 number and simply
order any of these documents, which would be shipped to any customer
without question. Including, for instance, "BellSouth E911 Service
Interfaces to Customer Premises Equipment at a Public Safety Answering
Point."

Zenner gave the witness a copy of "BellSouth E911 Service Interfaces,"
which cost, as he pointed out, $13, straight from the catalog. "Look
at it carefully," he urged Ms. Williams, "and tell me if it doesn't
contain about twice as much detailed information about the E911 system
of BellSouth than appeared anywhere in Phrack."

"You want me to...." Ms. Williams trailed off. "I don't understand."

"Take a careful look," Zenner persisted. "Take a look at that
document, and tell me when you're done looking at it if, indeed, it
doesn't contain much more detailed information about the E911 system
than appeared in Phrack."

"Phrack wasn't taken from this," Ms. Williams said.

"Excuse me?" said Zenner.

"Phrack wasn't taken from this."

"I can't hear you," Zenner said.

"Phrack was not taken from this document. I don't understand your
question to me."

"I guess you don't," Zenner said.

At this point, the prosecution's case had been gutshot. Ms. Williams
was distressed. Her confusion was quite genuine. Phrack had not been
taken from any publicly available Bellcore document. Phrack's E911
Document had been stole