[116978] in Cypherpunks
New Clinton Anti-Privacy Czar? (was Re: NewsScan Daily,
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (John Haggerty)
Tue Aug 24 19:18:22 1999
Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 16:01:20 -0700
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From: "John Haggerty" <jhaggert@streetforce.com>
To: rah@shipwright.com, cypherpunks@cyberpass.net, cryptography@c2.net
Reply-To: "John Haggerty" <jhaggert@streetforce.com>
Exactly how does this hurt anyone oooohhh the government can steal my cc#? Well
they could do that anytime they wanted before.
>Date: Tue, 24 Aug 1999 14:48:40 -0400
>To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net, cryptography@c2.net
>From: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
>
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>At 7:43 AM -0700 on 8/24/99, NewsScan wrote:
>
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>> CLINTON ADMINISTRATION APPOINTS NEW E-COMMERCE ADVISOR
>> The Clinton Administration has appointed Elizabeth Echols to a new White
>> House post that will coordinate e-commerce issues. The Electronic Commerce
>> Working Group, which will be headed up by Echols, will focus its initial
>> efforts on resolving the complex debate over broadband Internet access.
>> Echols also plans to target consumer protections online and creating a
>> global e-commerce framework. "My job is really to coordinate the numerous
>> agencies that are involved," says Echols. "There are at least 12 federal
>> agencies that are working in electronic commerce. The idea is to have one
>> central place at the White House where we can work together and shape one
>> Administration policy." (Cybertimes/New York Times 24 Aug 99)
>> http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/08/cyber/capital/24capital.html
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