CDR: Re: Rep. Armey questions Justice Department review of Carnivore
Declan McCullagh
declan at well.com
Fri Oct 20 06:57:38 PDT 2000
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:
>
> well, is Armey opposed to Carnivore? Or not?
> MacN
>
> On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Declan McCullagh wrote:
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> >
> > ********
> > And a Napster poll:
> > http://freedom.gov/vote/vote5.asp
> > ********
> >
> >
> > 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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