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Re: Just Say "No" to Congress

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Greg Broiles)
Thu May 15 22:06:17 1997

Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 18:22:59 -0700
To: Tim May <tcmay@got.net>
From: Greg Broiles <gbroiles@netbox.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@algebra.com
In-Reply-To: <v03007802af9fa094e283@[207.167.93.63]>
Reply-To: Greg Broiles <gbroiles@netbox.com>

At 09:13 AM 5/14/97 -0800, Tim May wrote:
>Feinswine/Swinestein is the most despicable of all the politicians in
>Congress. (This is not just ideology speaking...her usual-ally Barbara
>Boxer is much less swinish, and even has some independent thoughts. I can't
>see I often agree with Boxer, but she's not the Big Sister automaton that
>Swinestein is.)

FYI, Boxer is now (as of 5/12/97) a cosponsor of Sen. Leahy's ECPA/1997
(Encrypted Communications  Privacy Act of 1997) - that's the bill with the
complex structure for "voluntary" key recovery and criminal penalties for
use of crypto  "in furtherance of" felony. 


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