[48035] in Cypherpunks
Re: mouse droppings
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Simon Spero)
Thu Jan 25 17:10:20 1996
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 14:01:51 -0800 (PST)
From: Simon Spero <ses@tipper.oit.unc.edu>
To: Alex Strasheim <cp@proust.suba.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199601251757.LAA01686@proust.suba.com>
On Thu, 25 Jan 1996, Alex Strasheim wrote:
>
> Is Mr. Irving one of the people responsible for the recent positive
> statements coming out of Commerce?
In general the whole Commerce team is pretty good on this; their goal in
life is to help US companies sell stuff; it's State and defense that are
interested in controlling exports. Ron Brown has a top-notch team, and
he's one of the best politicans (in the good sense) in the country today,
and is willing to really fight for the interests of Commence. Of course,
the downside shows in the ethics questions (sigh)
Of course, State tends to treat arms sales the way other departments
treat logoes boxes of chocolates, to be given away as parting gifts make
guests feel welcome. F-15Es to the Saudi's? Kind of like giving F-4s to
the Shah.
