67 a manifesto of sorts: Image of the E4M.net website available through the In- ternet Archive at web.archive.org/web/20010331171326/http://www.e4m .net.

68 Le Roux was helpful and engaging: See, for example, Le Roux providing friendly technical support at Paul Le Roux, “USB Keyboard does not work with Red Screen,” alt.security.scramdisk, January 8, 2002; and Paul Le Roux, “ScramDisk still exist? Attn: Paul Le Roux,” alt.security.pgp, January 7, 2002.

68 “without first telling your wife”: Paul Le Roux, “Drivecrypt PLUS PACK,” alt .security.scramdisk, April 6, 2002.

68 divorced amicably: Interviews with Le Roux’s relatives.

68 produced no children: Copy of divorce records from the Family Court of Aus- tralia, at Brisbane, December 21, 1999.

68 a contract programming company called SW Professionals: The SW Profes- sionsals website is archived at web.archive.org/web/20021011100215/http:// www.swprofessionals.com/people.html. Le Roux was also interviewed about his company for a brief story (“Firms Lack On-Demand Computing Strat- egy,” Africa News, November 3, 2003), sounding like a by-the-book contract programming entrepreneur.

69 Hafner wanted to create: Details from Le Roux’s employment with Hafner derive from interviews with Hafner and another SecurStar colleague, Shaun Hollingworth, as well as message board postings in which much of the history of E4M and SecurStar were hashed out publicly.

69 they’d had a child not long after: Interview with Le Roux’s relative.

69 Le Roux seemed increasingly bitter: Paul Le Roux, “Hacker Contest: Break DriveCrypt and Win 50.000 Euro,” alt.security.scramdisk, April 13, 2002.

70 released a powerful free file-encryption program: “TrueCrypt 1.0 Released,” PCReview newsgroups, February 2, 2004.

70 Hafner suspected: Details of the dispute between Hafner and the TrueCrypt programmers were captured in multiple message board threads, including “P. Le Roux (author of E4M) accused by W.Hafner (SecurStar),” alt.security .scramdisk, February 3, 2004.

70 openly soliciting work: Paul Le Roux, “Paul Le Roux looking for work,” alt. security.scramdisk, October 4, 2002.

71 he went in search of his birth certificate: Interviews with three Le Roux rela- tives.

72 The DEA would come to believe: Interview with a former DEA agent familiar with the Le Roux case.

72 Hornbuckle was arrested in South Africa: “Up for Fraud, Illegal Exports,” News24, November 21, 2003.

72 Le Roux had traveled to Costa Rica: Le Roux, at the very least, did pursue online gambling in Costa Rica at a later point, sending one of his Israeli depu- ties, Shai Reuven, to open a gambling venture there. See USA v. Hunter, Docu- ment 576, April 4, 2018, at 362.