<In mail Julietta said:>
Stevens Miller wrote:
[ Stuart Baker's (of the NSA) comments deleted ]
We obviously need to respond to this sort of tactic with some P.R. work of our own.
I am sure that plenty of you all can write- we should make sure the word gets out to the masses reagrding the true nature of the Net and regarding the Clipper isssue in particular, now that we know what tactic the NSA is going to take.
I agree with Julie that we need some P.R. for this. I also think we should do it by writing and getting the word out. However, I think we should form a small informal group of people seriously interested in putting together a well thought out document that is factual and without emotional flair that a member of the press would respect, could understand, and might pass on to the public. I want to propose that this small group develop a document to the best of their abilities, refine it, and when they think it is ready post it to the list for a "final lookover". I am willing to organize the initial document work if there is interest. If you think you'd like to help with the first stages of this "PR Kit" please contact me via email. If there is sufficient interest I will let the rest of the list know and we can communicate via email to keep the list traffic down at first. When we have it's first form then everyone on the list will have a chance to comment before it is mailed out. If you think this is a good idea and want to help then let me know. ALSO, if you just think this is a good idea but would rather not help build the initial document, let me know anyway so I can gauge interest in it. While I applaud the efforts of Jeff Davis with his mass mailings I feel a newsperson might be tempted to dismiss him offhand since he is one person. If this is put together by the group and we let the press know we are programmers, lawyers, physicists, real estate salespeople, etc. etc. etc. and include the name (email address/pseudonym/etc) of anyone on the list who wishes to be named then we will have a better chance of being taken seriously. Let me know what you think, Jim -- Tantalus Inc. Jim Sewell Amateur Radio: KD4CKQ P.O. Box 2310 Programmer Internet: jims@mpgn.com Key West, FL 33045 C-Unix-PC Compu$erve: 71061,1027 (305)293-8100 PGP via email on request. 1K-bit Fingerprint: 8E 14 68 90 37 87 EF B3 C4 CF CD 9A 3E F9 4A 73