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From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 8 Jun 2006 16:51:16 -0400
Begin forwarded message: From: TClaburn () cmp com Date: June 8, 2006 2:41:12 PM EDT To: dave () farber net Cc: ip () v2 listbox com Subject: Re: [IP] more on Who they're spying on Hiawatha Bray wrote:
So we'd better think seriously about the best ways to defend our country.
In 2005, 56 Americans lost their lives in acts of international terrorism, and of that number, 47 of the fatalities occurred in Iraq. (Source: US Dept. of
State)In 2004, 654,092 people died of heart disease (leading cause of death, 108,694 died of accidents (5th leading cause of death), and 31,647 people committed suicide (11th leading cause of death). (Source: National Center for Health
Statistics) We might try something other than flushing away billions in Iraq. As Steven Bellovin pointed out, the salient issue is the legality of the administration's actions, not whether eavesdropping has its uses.If we want to defend our country, let's start with defending the Constitution
and the rule of law. Thomas Claburn, Editor-at-Large InformationWeek, CMP Media, Inc. 600 Harrison St., 6th Floor San Francisco, CA 94107 tclaburn () cmp com 415.947.6820 http://www.informationweek.com http://www.thomasclaburn.com ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as lists-ip () insecure org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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