authfriend wrote: >--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>authfriend wrote: >> >> >> >>>The [X] administration wants government to be able to read >>>international computer communications – financial transactions, >>>personal e-mail and proprietary information sent abroad – all in >>> >>> >the > > >>>name of national security . . . . >>> >>>Granted, the Internet could be used to commit crimes, and advanced >>>encryption could disguise such activity. However, we do not >>> >>> >provide > > >>>the government with phone jacks outside our homes for unlimited >>>wiretaps. Why, then, should we grant government the Orwellian >>>capability to listen at will and in real time to our >>> >>> >communications > > >>>across the Web? >>> >>>The protections of the Fourth Amendment are clear. The right to >>>protection from unlawful searches is an indivisible American >>>value. . . . >>> >>>Every medium by which people communicate can be exploited by those >>>with illegal or immoral intentions. Nevertheless, this is no >>> >>> >reason > > >>>to hand Big Brother the keys to unlock our e-mail diaries, open >>> >>> >our > > >>>ATM records or translate our international communications. >>> >>> >>> >>John Ashcroft in 1997 about the Clinton Administration. >> >> > >You peeked. > No, I sorta remembered the incident as it stirred up the EFF. I just wasn't clear who said it though I figured it had to be someone from the Bush administration. In this case I believe the Clinton was more interested in targeting big business.
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