[54311] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: White House to Propose System for Wide Monitoring of Internet(fwd)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Richard Irving)
Fri Dec 20 17:49:14 2002
Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 17:46:08 -0500
From: Richard Irving <rirving@onecall.net>
To: "Christopher L. Morrow" <chris@UU.NET>
Cc: batz <batsy@vapour.net>, David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>,
nanog list <nanog@merit.edu>
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
"Christopher L. Morrow" wrote:
>
> Cough!
> Sure, or they could ask carriers to tap lines for them silently... in fact
> they can do that today with a court order.
Nope. USA Patriot Act, No Court Order Needed.
:(
Civil Liberties for Tax Refunds, Takers ? :P
A COO I know is actually enthused, all he can say is
"Do you know how much money that means to me ?!"
Dohh!
The Myopia of the Rich, eh ?
He also spouted the philosophy, one day:
"Give the money to the Rich, and they can put it into the Bank...
and the rest of you can borrow it.... it will stimulate the economy."
A verbatim quote. ( He is GOP, FWIW. )
* shudder *
So, we can borrow it -=without=- a source of income ?
> -Chris
