[908] in libertarians
OK bombing
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (rlcarr@MIT.EDU)
Sun Apr 23 01:55:13 1995
From: rlcarr@MIT.EDU
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 95 23:53:41 -0400
To: libertarians@MIT.EDU
Also, rather then yell at each other about if the govt did it (which
I do NOT believe) or not, we should consider how the govt will try
to take advantage of it. According to David Brudnoy on WBZ Fri night,
Clinton is already hinting that he is going to try to blame the
"current political climate" and convservative radio talk shows for
setting the state (so to speak) for this. There is probabl also
going to be extreme pressure for Congress to ram through (probably
unconstitutional) laws because of this.
The media is already reporting how the militia movt uses the Internet,
newsgroups, and email. Expect this to probably push the Exon bill
(or rather its descendant amendment in the telecom dereg bill) over
the top. And if the media starts reporting about militias using PGP
or something similar, expect a HUGE push to ban any encryption not
approved by (i.e. containing gaping back doors) the govt.
And when all this shit hits the fan, it'll be verrrry interesting
to see if the ACLU has any principles left, or if they'll just roll
over and play lapdog.
Given the PCness of the ACLU in recent years, I figure it'll be the
latter, unfortunately.
[typo alert -- in the 1st paragraph, it should be "setting the stage",
*not* "setting the state."]
-- Rich
