At 4:42 PM -0800 5/9/97, Declan McCullagh wrote:
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http://pathfinder.com/netly/editorial/0,1012,931,00.html
The Netly News Network http://netlynews.com/ May 9, 1997
Bill of Goods by Declan McCullagh (declan@well.com) ... It's diabolical. Researchers already have to comply with a legion of rules to qualify for grants. Kerrey's proposed bill, called "The Secure Public Network Act," would add yet another provision to the ... But the real question is: Why does Kerrey think this rat-bastard bill has any chance of passing through Congress, especially when there's already legislation that would generally relax controls on crypto? After all, Rep. Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.)'s "SAFE" bill already has 86 cosponsors and shot out of subcommittee last week. Sen. Conrad Burns' (R-Mont.) "Pro-CODE" bill is headed for markup next month.
The answer is simple: this a trading chit that the White House and the Democratic leadership can play to water down the Burns and Goodlatte bills, and perhaps meld all three together. 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."
My hearty congratulations to Declan for this strong stance against the Kerrey treason. I'm glad to see his strong criticism of it, and his accurate speculation that a "grand compromise" with the criminals is likely. I doubt one of his employers, "Time," will use his analysis...much too radical for their get along/go along policy. As for the fucking bureacrats, the Founding Fathers had it exactly right: "Death to Tyrants!" (Sadly, in these last decades of the American Nation, the scum will view this as a "threat." Fuck em. Better, vaporize their nest.) --Tim May, still a felon under their treasonous laws There's something wrong when I'm a felon under an increasing number of laws. ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^1398269 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."