-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.politechbot.com/p-01391.html Click Here: <A HREF="http://www.politechbot.com/p-01391.html"> politechbot.com: Conservative group lobbies fo…</A> ----- politechbot.com home page / search / subscribe / about / photos Conservative group lobbies for snooping on U.S. mail ------------------------------------------------------------------------ * Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2000 10:31:12 -0400 * To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Subject: FC: Conservative group lobbies for snooping on U.S. mail * From: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.cluebot.com/article.pl?sid=00/09/28/0558214&mode=thread Conservative Group Lobbies for U.S. Mail Snooping posted by cicero on Thursday September 28, @12:43AM from the guess-we-know-what-their-priorities-are dept. The conservative group Americans for Tax Reform is lobbying to expand federal snooping of the U.S. mail. ATR Vice President Michael Kamburowski this week dashed off a letter to Capitol Hill complaining that the "U.S. Customs Service has been prevented from inspecting all outbound mail sent through the U.S. Postal Service," and urging that legislators support a new bill that would expand government surveillance of letters and packages. The justification: Shipments of illegal drugs. Kamburowski even quoted from a popular marijuana seed web site, which advises customers to avoid "UPS, Federal Express, or any other overnight express service" and use the post office instead. The bill was introduced this week by Rep. Spencer Bachus (R-AL). It's an odd stance for ATR, a group headed by Republican Party icon Grover Norquist, to take -- they've been staunch advocates of privacy-protecting encryption products in the past and ostensibly oppose intrusive government. Guess fighting that ol'War on Drugs is just more important. (See below for ATR's email messages.) The email messages from ATR: http://www.cluebot.com/article.pl?sid=00/09/28/0558214&mode=thread ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- the moderated mailing list of politics and technology You may redistribute this message freely if it remains intact. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, All My Relations. Omnia Bona Bonis, Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
