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- From: spp@zabriskie.berkeley.edu (Steve Pope)
- Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
- Subject: Re: Wanna See Something Really Scary?
- Date: 14 Sep 1992 16:27:23 GMT
- Organization: U.C. Berkeley -- ERL
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- farbrent!ajr3@ms.uky.edu writes:
-
- >[...]
-
- >For me,the implications of Congressional interest in
- >the net and the possibility of Steve Jackson Games like investigative
- >techniques being applied to all of the machines involved are
- >staggering.
- >
- >I thought I'd pass it along for your opinions.
- >
- >j.
- >> [ deleted: letter to congress demanding FBI investigate internet ]
-
- No kidding. The last thing we need is governmental authorities
- investigating the network. This community can self-police just
- fine, thank you...
-
- Fortunately, letters of this sort always get deep-sixed by some
- congressional aide. And even if not, the odds of the FBI taking an
- interest in all this are about jill.
-
- There's no political percentage in hosing a computer network
- ...is there?
-
- Steve
-