[103388] in Cypherpunks
Re: No Privacy for Privacy Hypocrites
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Stewart)
Thu Sep 24 22:49:44 1998
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 09:05:19 -0700
To: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
From: Bill Stewart <bill.stewart@pobox.com>
In-Reply-To: <v0401174ab22f0d6c7517@[139.167.130.246]>
Reply-To: Bill Stewart <bill.stewart@pobox.com>
Sounds like a great idea, in the "Asking for truth from power" category.
I doubt you'll get a lot of responses, but good luck.
> The group, named "No Privacy for Privacy Hypocrites," (on
>the web at http://www.noprivacy.org) intends to make Congress
>confront the privacy concerns that are raised by the
>investigation, by asking Members of Congress to declare their own
>standards regarding privacy, and deal with the consequences.
...
> On Monday, September 28, 1998, the group will distribute a
>survey to Members of Congress asking:
>
> Do you believe any branch of government should investigate
> allegations that elected officials have committed adultery,
> including allegations that they have lied about it?
>
> If a Member answers yes or if the Member refuses to answer
>the first question, then (and only then) they will be asked:
>
> Have you ever committed adultery, and have you ever lied
> about it?
Of course, if the Member answers "No", then the obvious followon is
"So what are you trying to hide?" :-)
but that's really best left for the version of the survey for
appointed officials asking if they think appointed officials
should be investigated.
Thanks!
Bill
Bill Stewart, bill.stewart@pobox.com
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