[43758] in Cypherpunks
Re: "Dear Newt" Letter...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Tue Nov 21 20:09:37 1995
To: hallam@w3.org
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 20 Nov 1995 19:55:05 EST."
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Reply-To: perry@piermont.com
Date: Tue, 21 Nov 1995 20:00:39 -0500
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
hallam@w3.org writes:
>
> >Er, Newt was the one who railed against the Exon censorship bill, and
> >who's said in public that clipper is unrealistic.
>
> And where does that get us? Did Newt stop the Exon bill in its tracks?
> Did he do anything to stop the wiretap bill?
And what did any of the Democrats do?
Anyone who thinks that Democrats are "better" for privacy and personal
freedom than Republicans has probably been taking very high quality
drugs indeed. A Democratic president has been pushing Clipper --
Senator Exon is a Democrat.
.pm
