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Re: Is anonymous speech protected?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William H. Geiger III)
Mon May 17 22:52:03 1999

From: "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@openpgp.net>
Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 22:28:40 -0400
To: Dave Del Torto <ddt@lsd.com>
In-Reply-To: <v04205112b36652888097@[192.168.248.7]>
Cc: Cryptography-C2 <cryptography@c2.net>,
        SoftSpeech <sftspch@samsara.law.cwru.edu>

In <v04205112b36652888097@[192.168.248.7]>, on 05/17/99 
   at 06:30 PM, Dave Del Torto <ddt@lsd.com> said:

>Second Question: can anyone cite/remember any other federal court 
>decision that protects one's right to remain anonymous (other than  those
>protecting victims or people in federal witness protection  programs,
>etc)?

Hi Dave,

The right to anonymous speech has long been upheld by the SC. Sorry don't
have any case references handy but a quick search should turn them up.


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