[47182] in Cypherpunks
Re: A pooled e-cash FOIA request
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Horowitz)
Sun Jan 14 16:52:31 1996
Date: Sun, 14 Jan 1996 16:37:06 -0500 (EST)
From: Alan Horowitz <alanh@infi.net>
To: Charlie Merritt <cmerritt@intellinet.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199601141930.NAA14451@intellinet.com>
>
> It has been suggested to me that individual law suits against the
> the low level people that CAN be identified might be an approach.
> Sue for violation of constitutional rights.
> The depositions would work like a grand jury invrestigation.
> "Well, Agent Smith, if you were just following orders
> WHO gave them to you?" Sue your way up the line.
This is the way federal prosecutors work. They put the squeeze on
some people to get them to squeel, or even wear a wire or testify against
their erstwhile companions.
