At 5:19 AM -0700 6/6/97, John Young wrote:

The New York Times reports on page one the German prosecution of a woman who linked her home page to Radikal. It reviews XS4ALL's role, describes Radikal and its mirror sites and links to them all:

http://www.nytimes.com/library/cyber/week/060697germany.html

It says that Kohl is determined to find a way to police the Net in spite of technical work-a-rounds.

Recall a previous report that Kohl and other heads of state are to meet in Denver on June 20-22 to plan a global attack on "cyber-terrorism," including the spread of encryption:

http://jya.com/denver.htm

Wait a minute, John! Aren't these the same Europeans described by Marc Rotenberg as being more privacy- and liberty=loving than Americans? --Tim May There's something wrong when I'm a felon under an increasing number of laws. Only one response to the key grabbers is warranted: "Death to Tyrants!" ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^1398269 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."

At 8:19 am -0400 on 6/6/97, John Young wrote:

Recall a previous report that Kohl and other heads of state are to meet in Denver on June 20-22 to plan a global attack on "cyber-terrorism," including the spread of encryption:

http://jya.com/denver.htm

Wow. What an opportunity for street theater *that* might be... Anyone up for a little road-trip? Yeah, I know. Everyone *else* has a *job*, or something... :-). Cheers, Bob Hettinga ----------------- Robert Hettinga (rah@shipwright.com), Philodox e$, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' The e$ Home Page: http://www.shipwright.com/

At 7:40 AM -0700 6/6/97, Robert Hettinga wrote:

At 8:19 am -0400 on 6/6/97, John Young wrote:

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Recall a previous report that Kohl and other heads of state are to meet in Denver on June 20-22 to plan a global attack on "cyber-terrorism," including the spread of encryption:

http://jya.com/denver.htm

Wow. What an opportunity for street theater *that* might be...

Anyone up for a little road-trip?

Yeah, I know. Everyone *else* has a *job*, or something... :-).

No, I don't have a job. But there's no way in hell I'm going to expose myself to imprisonment in a German jail to make some metaphorical point about the resurgence of fascism in Germany. --Tim May There's something wrong when I'm a felon under an increasing number of laws. Only one response to the key grabbers is warranted: "Death to Tyrants!" ---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---------:---- Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@got.net 408-728-0152 | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero W.A.S.T.E.: Corralitos, CA | knowledge, reputations, information markets, Higher Power: 2^1398269 | black markets, collapse of governments. "National borders aren't even speed bumps on the information superhighway."