>as not they were entertainment paid to be there by Defcon organizers You sound worryingly paranoid. I've become friends with several of them and I assure you

>as not they were entertainment paid to be there by Defcon organizers You sound worryingly paranoid. I've become friends with several of them and I assure you they are real people and not some paid actors. As if DC, which relies on volunteers to load and unload workshop equipment, could afford such nonsense. Also met a couple ex-Dark Matter employees who told me crazy stories about the crash and burn lifestyle they afforded ex-NSA guys in the UAE.