CDR: Re: Rep. Armey questions Justice Department review of Carnivore

[Declan McCullagh]

Based on his previous press releases, I think it's fair to say so.

But let's copy his aide and ask.

-Declan


On Thu, Oct 19, 2000 at 09:30:55PM -0500, Mac Norton wrote:
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> well, is Armey opposed to Carnivore?  Or not?
> MacN
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> On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Declan McCullagh wrote:
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> > ********
> > And a Napster poll:
> > http://freedom.gov/vote/vote5.asp
> > ********
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> > http://www.cluebot.com/article.pl?sid=00/10/19/2251239
> > 
> >     Justice Department Carnivore Review a Sham?
> >     posted by cicero on Thursday October 19, @05:44PM
> >     from the say-could-it-be-an-election-year? dept.
> > 
> >     Dick Armey, House majority leader and Republican firebrand, is once
> >     again making trouble for the Clinton administration. Armey this
> >     afternoon sent a letter to Attorney General Janet Reno, saying that
> >     the Justice Department's review of Carnivore appears somewhat less
> >     than objective: "I have questioned the independence of this review.
> >     Several in the media have questioned this review. Several universities
> >     refused to submit review proposals because, in their opinion, the
> >     review process was unfair." Having the supposedly secret names of the
> >     government-affiliated reviewers revealed last month sure didn't help.
> >     Neither did the information in the Carnivore documents obtained under
> >     the Freedom of Information Act. (Armey's letter is below.)
> > 
> > The letter:
> > http://www.cluebot.com/article.pl?sid=00/10/19/2251239
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