Telling quote from Bernstein hearing
In the recent hearing of the Bernstein case, Anthony Coppolino for the Justice Department said: "We don't care about the theory; we don't care about the idea Mr. Bernstein has, which was to take a particular type of algorithm and use it to allow for an encrypted interactive conversation. That's his idea. We don't care about his idea; we care about the result of what it can do." http://www.eff.org/pub/Privacy/ITAR_export/Bernstein_case/Legal/ 960920.transcript Encrypted interactive conversations seem to be something to be concerned about...They are afraid of us. -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred. Defeat the Demopublican Unity Party. Vote no on Clinton/Dole in November. Vote Harry Browne for President.
Lucky Green wrote:
In the recent hearing of the Bernstein case, Anthony Coppolino for the Justice Department said: "We don't care about the theory; we don't care about the idea Mr. Bernstein has, which was to take a particular type of algorithm and use it to allow for an encrypted interactive conversation. That's his idea. We don't care about his idea; we care about the result of what it can do."
[snip] Could I suggest a translation? "We're going to trust Professional Government Consultant Organization XYZ to tell us about Mr. Bernstein's idea, since we obviously won't understand Mr. Bernstein's own explanation." (And we do care about his idea, but we can't admit that, because it would make us look stupid)
Tony Coppolino was also the Justice Department's lead attorney in the CDA case in Philadelphia. The Feds are grooming lawyers who have a clue about the Net. -Declan On Sat, 2 Nov 1996, Lucky Green wrote:
In the recent hearing of the Bernstein case, Anthony Coppolino for the Justice Department said:
"We don't care about the theory; we don't care about the idea Mr. Bernstein has, which was to take a particular type of algorithm and use it to allow for an encrypted interactive conversation. That's his idea. We don't care about his idea; we care about the result of what it can do." http://www.eff.org/pub/Privacy/ITAR_export/Bernstein_case/Legal/ 960920.transcript
Encrypted interactive conversations seem to be something to be concerned about...They are afraid of us.
-- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred. Defeat the Demopublican Unity Party. Vote no on Clinton/Dole in November. Vote Harry Browne for President.
// declan@eff.org // I do not represent the EFF // declan@well.com //
On Sun, 3 Nov 1996, Declan McCullagh wrote:
Tony Coppolino was also the Justice Department's lead attorney in the CDA case in Philadelphia. The Feds are grooming lawyers who have a clue about the Net.
Indeed. At no small expense, DOJ has been training "CTCs" for each U.S. Attorney's office. CTC stands for "Computer and Telecommunications Fraud Coordinator." I know one guy who got sent to four conferences, including one with the Famous But Incompetents at Quantico, but who then had the bad taste to leave government employ! EBD
-Declan
On Sat, 2 Nov 1996, Lucky Green wrote:
In the recent hearing of the Bernstein case, Anthony Coppolino for the Justice Department said:
"We don't care about the theory; we don't care about the idea Mr. Bernstein has, which was to take a particular type of algorithm and use it to allow for an encrypted interactive conversation. That's his idea. We don't care about his idea; we care about the result of what it can do." http://www.eff.org/pub/Privacy/ITAR_export/Bernstein_case/Legal/ 960920.transcript
Encrypted interactive conversations seem to be something to be concerned about...They are afraid of us.
-- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred. Defeat the Demopublican Unity Party. Vote no on Clinton/Dole in November. Vote Harry Browne for President.
// declan@eff.org // I do not represent the EFF // declan@well.com //
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