At 11:36 AM 7/1/2001 -0700, Tim May wrote: 3. The "chilling effect" issue. These raids and "timeouts" (their language) are used to harass and slow down researchers and other politically incorrect
persons. The language is telling: "send a message," "signal our unhappiness, " "order a timeout," "a shot across the bow," etc. These raids and subpoenas and "visits" are designed to intimidate in an extra-constitutional way. The Founders would see this as another case of the King's Men throwing their weight around. An eqally chilling response would be for a few terminally ill anarchists to wire up their home with explosives, announce they too intend to conduct human cloning experiments and wait for the no-know at the door. ks Free, encrypted, secure Web-based email at www.hushmail.com