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IP: And the truth shall make you free (or angry)


From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1998 12:07:29 -0400



Date: Fri, 2 Oct 1998 09:03:00 -0700 (PDT)
From: Dan Gillmor <dgillmor () sjmercury com>
To: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>


http://www.mercurycenter.com/columnists/gillmor/docs/dg100298.htm

SOME light will shine into the swamp of campaign finance beginning Monday,
when California voters will be able to fire up their Web browsers and
discover who's trying to buy whom, and for how much, in statewide
political campaigns.

Technology has given us this valuable, timely window into the fortress of
corruption that passes for politics today. Now let's use technology to
batter down the fortress walls.


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