IP: good comments re Major University to Be Asked to Review F.B.I.'s 'Carnivore'

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

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> Date: Thu, 10 Aug 2000 16:27:02 -0800
> To: farber () cis upenn edu
> From: Jim Warren <jwarren () well com>
> Subject: Re: IP: Major University to Be Asked to Review F.B.I.'s
>  'Carnivore'
>
> > Major University to Be Asked to Review F.B.I.'s 'Carnivore'
> >
> > ... will be studied in depth, and that the university's recommendations 
> > will be shared with the public.
> >
> > http://www.nytimes.com/yr/mo/day/late/10cnd-carnivore.html
> >
> > [be real interesting to see how ong the study takes dkf]
>
> It would be a lot MORE interesting to see:
>
> 1.  Why a team of well-known top technologists, widely known and 
> well-reputed on the NET, and also KNOWN FOR THEIR INDEPENDENCE FROM THE 
> GOVT, wasn't chosen.
>
> 2.  How much military and federal money is funneled into said university 
> -- before, during and after their "study."
>
> 3.  Who gets to review -- and censor -- the findings of the "team 
> [players]" before they are released to the public.
>
> --jim, Jim Warren; jwarren () well com
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