3 articles:
1) http://www.insightmag.com/articles/story1.html
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Enemies of the
State
By James P. Lucier
In a clash between the authoritarian state and the
libertarian vision, the Clinton administration is
seeking draconian control of computers and
encryption.
irginia's soft-spoken four-term Republican
congressman, Rep. Bob Goodlatte, may come
out of a no-nonsense town in the Blue Ridge, but
he has taken on virtually the entire defense
establishment, the intelligence community and even
the FBI with his bill HR850, the Security and Freedom
through Encryption Act, or SAFE. It is a simple
concept, and it has 258 cosponsors in the House.
What SAFE would do is guarantee every American
the freedom to use any type of cryptography
anywhere in the world and allow the sale of any type
of encryption domestically. Not such a big deal, is it?
How many Americans go around writing secret
messages in disappearing ink after they grow up?
. . . . Actually, it is one of those edge-defying,
generation-splitting, turn-the-world-upside-down
moments in history. It is a struggle between two
different visions of American society. One side sees
the private use of encryption as a way to safeguard
the records and property of U.S. citizens from the
prying eyes of computer hackers, thieves, terrorists
and the U.S. government. The other side is the U.S.
government, which sees itself as the guarantor of
security in the newly discovered land of cyberspace.
And to provide that security the government says it
has to have the power, at any given moment, to look
into anyone's e-mail, bank accounts, financial
transactions, information exports and dangerous
ideas. Our whole practice of governing is based on
geographic concepts -- jurisdiction in delineated
districts, authority flowing from citizens voting by
precinct, taxes based on property in a given place or
on salaries reported to and scrutinized by powerful
agencies....(more)[/quote]
2) http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2318229,00.html
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Furor rising over PC wiretap plan
Civil libertarians, trade groups outraged by
DOJ proposal that would 'booby-trap' PCs.
But will Congress go 'ballistic'?...(more)[/quote]
3) http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_metcalf/19990823_xcgme_the_doj_bo.shtml
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>The DOJ booby trap
A common theme both here at WorldNetDaily and on
the air with talk radio has been incrementalism:
government's slow, consistent chipping away at the very
foundations of liberty and freedom upon which this
country was founded.
The list of grievances delineated in our Declaration of
Independence included the various "usurpations" the
colonists had suffered at the hand of a tyrannical King
George.
Liberty and freedom have been the nexus of myriad
rebellions, revolutions, and academic philosophical
debates. From the fields of Scotland to the moors of
England, and from the original 13 colonies to the
Balkans, liberty and freedom, even more than home and
hearth, have been principles worth fighting for, worth
sacrificing for, and even worth dying for.
Revisionist anti-constitutional, would-be controllers
continue to use the incrementalism tools to erode,
undermine and abrogate the very Constitution to which
they have sworn an oath...(more)[/quote]
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"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes" RKBA!
1) http://www.insightmag.com/articles/story1.html
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Enemies of the
State
By James P. Lucier
In a clash between the authoritarian state and the
libertarian vision, the Clinton administration is
seeking draconian control of computers and
encryption.
irginia's soft-spoken four-term Republican
congressman, Rep. Bob Goodlatte, may come
out of a no-nonsense town in the Blue Ridge, but
he has taken on virtually the entire defense
establishment, the intelligence community and even
the FBI with his bill HR850, the Security and Freedom
through Encryption Act, or SAFE. It is a simple
concept, and it has 258 cosponsors in the House.
What SAFE would do is guarantee every American
the freedom to use any type of cryptography
anywhere in the world and allow the sale of any type
of encryption domestically. Not such a big deal, is it?
How many Americans go around writing secret
messages in disappearing ink after they grow up?
. . . . Actually, it is one of those edge-defying,
generation-splitting, turn-the-world-upside-down
moments in history. It is a struggle between two
different visions of American society. One side sees
the private use of encryption as a way to safeguard
the records and property of U.S. citizens from the
prying eyes of computer hackers, thieves, terrorists
and the U.S. government. The other side is the U.S.
government, which sees itself as the guarantor of
security in the newly discovered land of cyberspace.
And to provide that security the government says it
has to have the power, at any given moment, to look
into anyone's e-mail, bank accounts, financial
transactions, information exports and dangerous
ideas. Our whole practice of governing is based on
geographic concepts -- jurisdiction in delineated
districts, authority flowing from citizens voting by
precinct, taxes based on property in a given place or
on salaries reported to and scrutinized by powerful
agencies....(more)[/quote]
2) http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2318229,00.html
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Furor rising over PC wiretap plan
Civil libertarians, trade groups outraged by
DOJ proposal that would 'booby-trap' PCs.
But will Congress go 'ballistic'?...(more)[/quote]
3) http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_metcalf/19990823_xcgme_the_doj_bo.shtml
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>The DOJ booby trap
A common theme both here at WorldNetDaily and on
the air with talk radio has been incrementalism:
government's slow, consistent chipping away at the very
foundations of liberty and freedom upon which this
country was founded.
The list of grievances delineated in our Declaration of
Independence included the various "usurpations" the
colonists had suffered at the hand of a tyrannical King
George.
Liberty and freedom have been the nexus of myriad
rebellions, revolutions, and academic philosophical
debates. From the fields of Scotland to the moors of
England, and from the original 13 colonies to the
Balkans, liberty and freedom, even more than home and
hearth, have been principles worth fighting for, worth
sacrificing for, and even worth dying for.
Revisionist anti-constitutional, would-be controllers
continue to use the incrementalism tools to erode,
undermine and abrogate the very Constitution to which
they have sworn an oath...(more)[/quote]
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"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes" RKBA!