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Re: FBI's Kallstrom Retiring

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Stewart)
Thu Dec 11 12:35:54 1997

Date: Thu, 11 Dec 1997 01:14:11 -0800
To: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>, cypherpunks@toad.com
From: Bill Stewart <bill.stewart@pobox.com>
In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.32.19971209214836.006f6cfc@pop.pipeline.com>
Reply-To: Bill Stewart <bill.stewart@pobox.com>

At 04:48 PM 12/09/1997 -0500, John Young wrote:
>CNN is saying FBI Ass. Dir. Jimmy "I never met a tap I didn't like"
>Kallstrom is retiring. 
>He was the standard-bearer for the FBI Wiretap bill, and is a
>noted ally of Louie Freeh.

He was also the main spokeman behind the "TWA800 Was Blown Up By Terrorists,
So Turn In All Your Civil Liberties" campaign.  Now that it's been
fairly conclusively demonstrated that it was a mechanical failure,
it's nice to see him getting the boot.  Hope they make him show
ID before letting him out the revolving door.

>He's going to work for MNBA Bank.
Feh.  Now he can look at your Visa cards.
				Thanks! 
					Bill
Bill Stewart, bill.stewart@pobox.com
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