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RE: Which internet services were used?

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Eric)
Sat Sep 15 17:34:00 2001

Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 13:55:32 -0800
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To: "Hadmut Danisch" <hadmut@danisch.de>,
	cryptography@wasabisystems.com
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> [Moderator: I've listened to virtually all the news conferences made
> so far. The FBI has yet to make any such statement.
>
> In any case, however, why should we find this any more shocking or
> unfortunate than terrorism being plotted using telephones, or paper
> letters, or conversations? Why are there no hysterics noting "the
> plotters travelled using AUTOMOBILES!"


The claim is that automobiles or telephones do not evicerate the ability of
law enforcement to effectively do their job, while the use of strong
encryption and other electronic sundry do.  Therefore, it is argued that
cars and certain phones are ok, while strong encryption is not.




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