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From: Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 2:12 PM
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Subject: [ABMR] Names of Hobbyists Being Collected by Government
This just in
folks... taken from the ARSA website.From: Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2003 2:12 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [ABMR] Names of Hobbyists Being Collected by Government
Robert
Homeland Security Wants Names and Addresses For
Rocketeers and R/C Airplane Owners
March 23, 2003
For the last few weeks, ARSA has received reports of local or
state law enforcement
going into hobby stores requesting a list of names and addresses of
buyers of rockets, rocket motors
and R/C airplanes. These reports have come from various states and
local hobby stores as well as
national hobby store chains. The law enforcement officials to our
knowledge have not received a list
of names and addresses. However, they did tell the store owners to
start a list.
A law enforcement official who does not want his name publicly
disclosed stated that he had received
a letter from a US government agency requesting that local law
enforcement start collecting this data. He also refused to identify
the US government agency.
There are no federal laws requiring the collection of this type of
data and hobby stores have a legal
right to refuse.
http://www.space-rockets.com/arsa.html
