[9808] in Commercialization & Privatization of the Internet
Re: Drafting Legislation [Yes, He *Is* a Bit Spooky]
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Barney Wolff)
Fri Jan 21 16:57:08 1994
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 94 16:38:05 -0500
From: Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com>
To: rothman@netcom.com, "Barney Wolff" <barney@databus.com>
Cc: com-priv@psi.com
>From: "David Rothman" <rothman@netcom.com>
>
>>DATE: Fri, 21 Jan 94 14:52:26 -0500
>>FROM: Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com>
>>
>>Are you seriously suggesting that the CIA cannot look at / listen to/
>>read domestic open sources? What are they supposed to do, refrain from
>>reading their local paper?
>
>Apparently my earlier posts didn't reach you. I *want* the CIA to be
>part of net life.
Sorry for the confusion. I was reacting to the following:
>From: francis@avalle.insoft.com (John [Francis] Stracke)
>This would be iffy; the CIA has no authority to spy domestically, and
>a huge fraction of the traffic on the Net originates from the US. (I
>don't know if that makes listening to it domestic spying, but it
>should; if it doesn't, that means the CIA could put up a spy satellite
>& point it at us--no real difference.)
and foolishly didn't quote it.
Barney Wolff <barney@databus.com>
