Ashcroft's replies to questions about Carnivore, MS antitrust

[Ray Dillinger]

On Sun, 28 Jan 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote:

>But what's good politics is not necessarily what's right, as is true
>in this case. If the nation's top l.e. officer is asked about what
>rights Americans should have under the law, I don't expect him
>to hedge or quibble or made nice-nice noises to please the Democrats.

This may be a litmus test for cynicism.  I expect him to do exactly 
that; I just wish he would not.

				Bear