At 7:18 PM -0700 9/24/97, Tim May wrote:
The good news today is that if Salomon keeps to his word, the Security and Fascism Through Escrow Act is dead, dead, dead.
Even if he doesn't, I don't think Clinton will sign it (in its present, export enabling, criminal sentence enhancing) form. The scary thing is that <sarcasm> great lover of the technology industry and the Bill of Rights </sarcasm) Senator Finestein will pass a bill in Oxley form through the senate, and the bill that goes to Clinton will be written in the conference committee. It's as scary as letting the congresscritters hold a constitutional convention. [My spell checker gave me the option of "Replace" for "Finestein". I was tempted.] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bill Frantz | Internal surveillance | Periwinkle -- Consulting (408)356-8506 | helped make the USSR the | 16345 Englewood Ave. frantz@netcom.com | nation it is today. | Los Gatos, CA 95032, USA