[117400] in Cypherpunks
RE: Marshals Impound FBI Waco Evidence
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Lucky Green)
Thu Sep 2 14:16:42 1999
Date: Thu, 2 Sep 1999 20:11:13 +0200 (CEST)
From: Lucky Green <shamrock@cypherpunks.to>
To: Jim Spaude <jspaude@teltrend.com>
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On Thu, 2 Sep 1999, Jim Spaude wrote:
[From CDT press release]
> (4) CDT EXAMINES APPEAL
>
> CDT had believed that CALEA was a balanced statute. We had accepted the
> FBI Director's assurances that the statute would not be used as a mandate
> for cell phone tracking, and we had believed that the FCC would resist any
> FBI efforts to dictate surveillance enhancements.
Not there is a need for further evidence, but on the off-chance that
anybody doubts that CDT is highly politically naive, their latest
statement speaks for itself: "we had accepted the FBI Director's
assurances". That's just priceless. What tree did these people crawl down
from? What are they doing in DC? Providing food for the predators?
Still chuckling,
-- Lucky Green <shamrock@cypherpunks.to> PGP v5 encrypted email preferred.
