At 8:57 AM -0500 7/26/00, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>When it comes to maintaining the size of government or giving more
>money to police, there is rarely gridlock. Look at the ever-increasing
>FBI budgets, for instance.
>
>If there were a terrorist attack that the FBI says could have been
>prevented by Carnivore, I suspect you'll see what little apparent
>opposition there is now evaporate immediately.
>
>Also a lot of the opposition from Republicans is an anti-Janet Reno,
>anti-Clinton administration move. If (and I spoke about this in Palo
>Alto on Saturday) Bush is elected, the GOP will not be as eager to
>criticize the FBI/DoJ, even if the department's policies, and
>meat-eating computer systems, are the same.
Before the CE (Clinton Era), the Dems were active in criticizing
alleged abuses of power by those in power. In the CE, the Reps became
the opposition party.
If a BE begins next year, the Dems wll become the opposition party.
Expect them to then start criticizing the new plans to expand the
surveillance state.
Nothing ever changes. The system is corrupt. Both parties are utterly corrupt.
--Tim May
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