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Re: Computer Security Division Activities
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Declan McCullagh)
Sun Oct 14 14:22:14 2001
Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 10:32:27 -0400
From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
To: John Gilmore <gnu@toad.com>
Cc: Elaine Barker <elaine.barker@nist.gov>, kmscomments@nist.gov,
cryptography@wasabisystems.com
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In-Reply-To: <200110130528.WAA20790@toad.com>; from gnu@toad.com on Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 10:28:52PM -0700
On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 10:28:52PM -0700, John Gilmore wrote:
> What is this lunacy about registering? Does someone seriously think
> that terrorists will attack the National Institute of Standards?
> Or that if they were serious about attacking, they wouldn't just
> pre-register their real or fake ID's so they'd be allowed in?
I'm not defending this practice, of course, but I would note that it's
not that entirely unusual for government conferences to require
registration and identification. Even before Sep. 11.
-Declan
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