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From: Pubkeybreaker on 18 Apr 2008 22:09 Though Cabe Franklin, spokesperson : for Trusted Information Systems, says Kerrey was : misunderstood. "In the briefing afterwards, I found : out he didn't mean that at all. He meant import : controls, but more regulation than restriction. The : same way they wouldn't let a car with faulty : steering controls in the country. He meant more : quality control," Franklin says. (I don't know : about you, but I'm not convinced.) [ What a bunch of hooey. ] : : Kerrey's sudden interest in cryptologic arcana : likely stems from a recent addition to his staff: : policy aide Chris McLean. : : McLean is hardly a friend of the Net. While in : former Sen. Jim Exon's (D-Neb.) office, McLean : drafted the notorious Communications Decency : Act and went on to prompt Exon to derail : "Pro-CODE" pro-encryption legislation last fall. : Then, not long after McLean moved to his current : job, his new boss stood up on the Senate floor : and bashed Pro-CODE in favor of the White : House party line: "The President has put forward : a plan which in good faith attempts to balance : our nation's interests in commerce, security, and : law enforcement." Kerrey has since introduced a bill that parrots the Clinton administration's philosophy: * http://www.cdt.org/crypto/legis_105/mccain_kerrey/analysis.html * * Comparison: Major Features of the Administration and McCain-Kerrey Bills * *
From: JSH on 18 Apr 2008 20:21 the department took in $556 million, twenty times more * than it did when the program began in 1985. And what were some of the reasons of the dramatic increase in forfeitures between 1985 and 1993? What caused it to increase by more than a MAGNITUDE? * "Above the Law", by David Burnham, ISBN 0-684-80699-1, 1996 * * In June 1989, the Deputy Attorney General ordered the nation's U.S. * attorneys to "take all possible actions" on forfeitures, even if it meant * dropping other matters. "You will be expected to divert personnel from * other activities." * * One year later, the Attorney General himself warned the U.S. attorneys * that the Justice Department had fallen far behind its budget projection * in the collection of assets. "We must significantly increase production * to reach our budget target... Failure to achieve the $470 million * projection would expose the Department's forfeiture program to criticism * and undermine confidence in our budget projections. Every effort must be * made to increase forfeiture income during the remaining three months of * fiscal year 1990." * * In addition, forfeiture activities affect how many federal prosecutors * will be allocated to each U.
From: Risto Lankinen on 18 Apr 2008 19:45 that only the FBI's high-priced Special Agents could * listen to the tapes. The FBI now hires low-cost clerks for what must * be extremely tedious work. An army of low-cost clerks are listening to our private conversations? I feel sick. ---- Conclusion: Louis Freeh is a manipulative liar. Louis Freeh is a Scary Man with the morals of a styrofoam cup. ****************************************************************************** National ID Card -------- -- ---- * C-SPAN Congressional Television: outside coming down the Senate building's * steps, Senator Biden with Senator Simpson in tow proclaims: "What's wrong * with a National ID Card? It's the same tired old arguments against it." As if sane people shouldn't be paranoid about a National ID Card. * "New Rules Mean Job-Hunters Need Proof of Identity", The New York Times * * Passports, driver's licenses, Social Security cards or birth certificates * will be allowed to serve as identity papers. * * A 1982 proposal to catch illegal aliens by giving American workers * "counterfeit-proof" identity cards was hooted off the boards as a * threat to individual liberty. How bad would a National ID Card be? Bad. Real bad. You would be required to carry it at all times. It's all about surveillance and control. This section is about the National ID Card, plus deployment of a mix of surveillance and control techniques for tracking people. In California a few years back the police kept hassling a black man who liked to walk around at night to think. Unfortunately, he wasn't white, but liked to walk around white neighborhoods. [Anyone with detailed info email me.] He didn't carry id with him: the police a
From: JSH on 18 Apr 2008 19:34 that allows cities to prohibit SUSPECTED gang members * from standing together on street corners, climbing trees, wearing beepers * and doing any number of other things that are legal for ordinary citizens. * * The ruling was in a case for the city of San Jose to prevent 38 Hispanic * men and women suspected of membership in a street gang from frequenting * a four-block neighborhood that the police said the gang had terrorized. * * "We're thrilled," said Los Angelos County Attorney Gil Garcetti. * * State and local law enforcement officials predicted that the court ruling * would prompt a wave of similar legislation across California. * * Because the San Jose City Attorney's office brought action against the * defendants under a civil procedure, the defendants were not guaranteed * the standard protections of criminal law. * * "Liberty unrestrained is an invitation to anarchy," Justice Brown wrote. * * The defendants may not engage in any form of public association: "standing, * sitting, walking, driving, gathering or appearing anywhere in public view" * in the neighborhood, or face 6 months in jail. * * T
From: quasi on 18 Apr 2008 18:29
Senator Bob Dole, who # endorsed the idea of teenage curfews in a California speech, President # Clinton took the same line in New Orleans on Thursday. # # President Clinton recommended to state and city officials a recently # released Justice Department report on how these programs can be set up # to pass court review and work effectively. # # The risk of selective enforcement is high, and it's not hard to predict # which neighborhoods will be the focus of police attention, and which # will be ignored. Get a load of this: * "Police Applaud Ruling to Allow Restrictions on Gang Suspects" * By Tim Golden, The New York Times, February 1, 1997 * * Law enforcement officials in California today praised a State Supreme * Court decision that allows cities to prohibit SUSPECTED gang members * from standing together on street corners, climbing trees, wearing beepers * and doing any number of other things that are legal for ordinary citizens. * * The ruling was in a case for the city of San Jose to prevent 38 Hispanic * men and women suspected of membership in a street gang from frequenting * a four-block neighborhood that the police said the gang had terrorized. * * "We're thrilled," said Los Angelos County Attorney Gil Garcetti. * * State and local law enforcement officials predicted that the court |