Re: DejaVu: Cypherpunks as Philosopher Kings
Attila T. Hun wrote:
the sleezeball, who intends to make J Edger look like a piker at surveillance, has the gleam of unabridged power in his eyes. Louis F[reeh,uck] is charming, even disarming, as he tells a Congressional committee:
"We are potentially the most dangerous agency in the country if we are not scrutinized carefully." (Jun '97) ............................................................................
Since he says "we are ... dangerous ... if .... we are not scrutinized carefully", I interpret this to mean that he is advising and warning that the agency therefore *needs* to be kept under watchful surveillance, lest it develop to the level of its worst potential. .. Blanc
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- on or about 971001:0144 Blanc <blancw@cnw.com> purported to expostulate: +Since he says "we are ... dangerous ... if .... we are not scrutinized +carefully", I interpret this to mean that he is advising and warning +that the agency therefore *needs* to be kept under watchful +surveillance, lest it develop to the level of its worst potential. Blanc: At the end of the document I repeat the quote another way. To me, stating that "your" FBI is potentially the most dangerous agency, is a facetious attempt on the part of F[reeh,uck] to disarm, or at least give everyone the warm fuzzies, that the FBI is _not_ dangerous. backhand disinformation. what he is waiting for is his straight man to say, "Oh, Louie, you know that's not true; we trust you implicitely." --start excerpt Louis F]reeh,uck], did you really state this hoping everyone would think you are joking? "We are potentially the most dangerous agency in the country if we are not scrutinized carefully." Louis F[reeh,uck], you obviously know that telling the truth, before the truth is really the truth, disarms your opposition since they can plainly see that it is not true. --end excerpt sarcasm, like revenge, is a dish best served up cold. -- "When I die, please cast my ashes upon Bill Gates. For once, let him clean up after me! " ______________________________________________________________________ "attila" 1024/C20B6905/23 D0 FA 7F 6A 8F 60 66 BC AF AE 56 98 C0 D7 B0 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: latin1 Comment: No safety this side of the grave. Never was; never will be iQCVAwUBNDLFYb04kQrCC2kFAQHdlAQAvUqo+bypr3ZFWD+BJz56+JsjV7lzzxSq ntdpxygsqBnQ9j6//GNQNTg8vnBYybMSR676y19oPrccWI2CLlIhtprCaRlsi4YM R/Ad+HF883jLVhyg5A68MxpZKB3WaBMmApX5snqwvwqRZ/v5fDpCLXEdWRvEaJ6g vcatntMwCv4= =MDkn -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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