On Thu, 30 Nov 1995, sameer wrote:
Community ConneXion will comply with all properly formed court orders and subpeonas. We will *not* cooperate without court intervention. (I.e. Mr. FBI calls up and says "can you help us find this suspect"? I respond "got a subpoena?")
But it's not quite that simple, Sameer. Don't underestimate the more subtle forms of non-cooperation you can engage in. To use the most obvious example, different remailer operators turn different levels of logging on. So one operator will say "Yes, I am obligated to fully comply with your subpoena, officer. Here are the full logs for the last six months." And another will say "Yes, I am obligated to fully comply with your subpoena, officer. However, I keep no logs at all of the mail sent through my remailer. Drag, huh?" Being the eternal pessimist, I once again point out that the government will try to stop cryptoanarchy any way they can. Their main tool is the law, and they WILL use it eventually when all else fails. Personally, I would play it safe by operating on the assumption that basically EVERYTHING will be illegal eventually and "finessing" laws will become more important. In short, they WILL have a subpoena--then what? Of course, I personally would never do anything illegal. --Dave. -- David Mandl Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. Phone: (212) 272-3888 Email: dmandl@bear.com -- ******************************************************************************* Bear Stearns is not responsible for any recommendation, solicitation, offer or agreement or any information about any transaction, customer account or account activity contained in this communication. *******************************************************************************