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I got the following email via a Linked-in email message today. I will addresses each of the points below publicly and I hope Byron’s friends will kindly “make him aware” of this open letter. Emphasis mine.

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Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 12:49:25 +0000 (UTC)
From: Byron Sonne
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Byron Sonne <5155633_8e3d2d67-1803-4506-b6d4-f3087720cf68@reply.linkedin.com>
To: Patrick Belcher Message-ID: <1264358466.24429378.1336481365907.JavaMail.app@ela4-bed79.prod>
Subject: Modus Vivendi
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Greetings Mr. Belcher,

Friends have take(sic) the liberty of showing me what’s been going on lately. I don’t think it’s good for either one of us, and I’d like to see it taken down a notch, or several.

Can we not reach a modus vivendi? By no means do I expect you to agree to stop trading insults or cuelties(sic), but I think it behooves us to set some kind of ground rules. I speak for myself and myself only, but I do have influence in some matters that could help.

We both want a promising future and quality employment opportunities. I’m not even mad at you for having my CISSP yanked, because you’re right – ethics or at least the appearance of propriety is important when it comes to security designations.

I was surprise(sic) not too long ago when I logged in that we share a substantial connection pool. I’d like to see both our names come out the better for this. At the risk of sounding maudlin, the best way to defeat an enemy is to turn them into a friend. Could we not, perhaps, pursue this route instead?

Best Regards,
Byron Sonne

Thanks for writing into Belch.Com Byron! Its my first celebrity failed anarcho-terrorist, and I must say I’m surprised! Please allow me to address your points.

First of all, you seem to have abused your privileges of your LinkedIn account to email your primary detractor in contradiction to your bail restrictions. Congratulations! I have forwarded your email to the Toronto PD because your friends have boldly bragged on Twitter that you have yet to be audited for your bail privileges.

I don’t toss around defunct language terms in order to sound smart. Is “modus vivendi” a term for building bombs in the basement? Is that a term for distilling chlorine gas and venting it into your neighborhood? If so, no thank you, I want no part of that.

I agree that ground rules are necessary. You stop cooking bomb making materials and venting toxic chlorine gas into Ontario neighborhoods, and I’ll stop pointing out the fact that testimony in your trial proves that you did exactly that.

Unlike you, I have an extremely bright employment future. Should you be convicted of any part of your crime, that will haunt you for every job interview in your future. I’m at a loss as to how you would dare compare our employment opportunities to one another. For instance, I’ve never, in a fit of anarcho-terroristic rage, decided to cook the chemical components of explosives in my basement and vent the toxic gas outdoors for my neighbors to deal with. You have, however. I haven’t spent a year in jail for suspicion for terrorist activities and been out of the workforce. You have, however. I have never taken an oath of ethics and violated it by trying to bring destruction to critical infrastructure. You have, however.

If you think I was the only or first person to call for your CISSP suspension, you are mistaken. But should you be convicted, I will file the affidavit to request that the revocation of your ISC2 Credential be permanent. Your actions of course brought it on, so you can’t fault me.

You don’t have to worry about my name coming out poorly in anything dealing with you. I don’t have the reputation for being a jailbird, venting poison gas into the neighborhood, nor building explosive devices to protest government policies. If you think you can influence our mutual CyberSecurity connections otherwise via LinkedIn or any other method, good luck, Byron. It won’t happen. My reputation is spotless, and my depth of experience is much more profound than yours.

Sorry, I won’t be accepting your friend connection any time soon. If you consider me an enemy it is only because I am in the mainstream of society. But please do stay in touch.

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