[10544] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Would Mike Nelson Please Explain His Mission?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Marty Salo)
Sat Feb 26 19:55:17 1994
Date: Sat, 12 Feb 1994 23:15:33 +22311151 (EST)
From: Marty Salo <msalo@garnet.acns.fsu.edu>
To: Gordon Cook <cook@path.net>
Cc: com-priv@psi.com, interesting-people@eff.org
In-Reply-To: <9402121206.aa29942@pandora.sf.ca.us>
For what it's worth, I don't think Jayne Levin interviewed Mr. Gore
separately. I think Jayne Jevin used Mr. Weitzner's (sp?) report, and did
not end note. Before you flame, realize that I'm not an advocate of
citing sources at every turn. IMHO, if we attributed every thought, few
of our thoughts would be original. The net is fast and furious. We must
accept what is said by some sources to be truth. Otherwise, what are we
to believe?
Again, FWIW, Mr. Gore might have gotten a bit flustered, and attributed
the key-holding decisions to "low-level employees," implying that the
key-holders probably will change. Mr. Nelson might have acted a bit
hastily to try to reassure the NSA that Mr. Gore was not backing down on
their evesdropping operations. Maybe Mr. Gore would like to back down on
the NSA's plan, but can't. Who knows.
I've thought about this, and I would like to know, how someone, once they
have been evesdropped (i.e. the NSA has gotten the court order, and both
keys were obtained), will ever regain their privacy?
This question is asked with the naivete of my grandmother. Making many
assumptions favorable to the NSA. I would appreciate an answer from
someone who knows.
Not having an answer, I'm left to speculate. Probably, there will be no
privacy. Probably, everyone will be under survielance. Our rights
garanteed by the constitution will be amended to account for the NSA
evesdroppers. Gone will be our Miranda protections against
self-incrimination, and numerous other conditions established to "protect
the citizen from the oppressive government."
Thomas Jefferson would roll over in his grave.
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