posed value of the E911
Document. He also brought up the embarrassing fact that the supposedly
red-hot E911 Document had been sitting around for months, in Jolnet,
with Kluepfel's knowledge, while Kluepfel had done nothing about it.

In the afternoon, the Prophet was brought in to testify for the
prosecution. (The Prophet, it will be recalled, had also been indicted
in the case as partner in a fraud scheme with Neidorf.) In Atlanta,
the Prophet had already pled guilty to one charge of conspiracy, one
charge of wire fraud and one charge of interstate transportation of
stolen property. The wire fraud charge, and the stolen property
charge, were both directly based on the E911 Document.

The twenty-year-old Prophet proved a sorry customer, answering
questions politely but in a barely audible mumble, his voice trailing
off at the ends of sentences. He was constantly urged to speak up.

Cook, examining Prophet, forced him to admit that he had once had a
"drug problem," abusing amphetamines, marijuana, cocaine, and LSD.
This may have established to the jury that "hackers" are, or can be,
seedy lowlife characters, but it may have damaged Prophet's credibility
somewhat. Zenner later suggested that drugs might have damaged
Prophet's memory. The interesting fact also surfaced that Prophet had
never physically met Craig Neidorf. He didn't even know Neidorf's last
name--at least, not until the trial.

Prophet confirmed the basic facts of his hacker career. He was a
member of the Legion of Doom. He had abused codes, he had broken into
switching stations and re-routed calls, he had hung out on pirate
bulletin boards. He had raided the BellSouth AIMSX computer, copied
the E911 Document, stored it on Jolnet, mailed it to Neidorf. He and
Neidorf had edited it, and Neidorf had known where it came from.

Zenner, however, had Prophet confirm that Neidorf was not a member of
the Legion of Doom, and had not urged Prophet to break into BellSouth
computers. Neidorf had never urged Prophet to defraud anyone, or to
steal anything. Prophet also admitted that he had never known Neidorf
to break in to any computer. Prophet said that no one in the Legion of
Doom considered Craig Neidorf a "hacker" at all. Neidorf was not a
UNIX maven, and simply lacked the necessary skill and ability to break
into computers. Neidorf just published a magazine.

On Friday, July 27, 1990, the case against Neidorf collapsed. Cook
moved to dismiss