Ashcroft's replies to questions about Carnivore, MS antitrust

Declan McCullagh declan at well.com
Mon Jan 29 07:47:35 PST 2001


Again, I seem to be unclear in my use of language, or I'm being
misread.

I expect someone who wants to be the top le official to act with dignity.

I predict, however, they will not.

-Declan



On Sun, Jan 28, 2001 at 11:40:31PM -0800, Ray Dillinger wrote:
> 
> 
> 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
> 
> 
> 





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