DejaVu: Cypherpunks as Philosopher Kings

[Blanc]

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)
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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