12 May 2024 [culture]

Monero Talk interviews J.W. Verret: 'privacy is pro-national security'

In this Monero Talk episode12, Douglas Tuman3 interviews George Mason Univeristy4 Associate Professor of Law J.W. Verret5:

[..] privacy is pro-national security [..] I don’t know why the CIA doesn’t use Monero and Zcash to pay agents.. why not? (J.W. @ 56:10)

Several topics are discussed in this interview, including the Bitcoin Fog trial, the indictments against Tornado Cash and Samourai Wallet founders, and the importance of privacy and Monero.


  1. https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=ZLJMyQ9dcOI (video) 

  2. https://www.monerotalk.live/privacy-is-pro-national-security-j-w-verret-310 (audio) 

  3. https://nitter.net/DouglasTuman/ 

  4. https://www.gmu.edu/ 

  5. https://farside.link/nitter/jwverret