-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- At 9:55 PM 7/13/95, Perry E. Metzger wrote:

"Robert A. Hayden" writes:

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On Thu, 13 Jul 1995, Douglas Barnes wrote:

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Since the Anti-Electronic Racketeering Act of 1995 might as well be called the "Anti-Cypherpunk Act of 1995", I'm surprised to see Tim throw in the towel already, when the bill hasn't even made it through committee yet.

I don't think Tim threw in the towell on this bill, but has come to realize that the overall war on privacy cannot be won by concentrating on the individual battles.

Thats true. However, I think that one strategic move would be to get a PR firm involved that is capable of severly embarassing any politico who puts his name any of these proposals. After two or three of those they start getting gunshy.

Folks, this isn't trivial. It isn't an easy thing to do by any means. However, it is far from impossible.

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Anyone who is saying that it is impossible to fight the legislative battles hasn't been thinking. It takes millions of dollars, but there is a lot of money out there to be had in my opinion.

Perry and I discussed this a bit today. I have a call into a friend of mine at one of the larger firms in D.C., who I will neglect to name until I hear back. I have a feeling there are a pile of funds to be had, and I'm going to try to work with Perry to get the people who should be interested, interested.

Perry

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