more on Who they are spying on

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: Bob Perdriau <bobp () marketwriter com>
Date: June 8, 2006 7:58:17 PM EDT
To: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Subject: more on Who they are spying on

Dave,

For IP if you wish.

Bob Perdriau
bobp () marketwriter com

The current administration has been selling the cool aid of fear and  
some folks have been drinking it. It is not a given that:

"No matter who you vote for, the problem isn't going away.  So we'd  
better think seriously about the best ways to defend our country."

It is not unlikely that another administration - even a Republican  
one - will rescind all of Bush's law breaking and intrusive practices  
and still defend the country very well. This should, in fact, be a  
major issue in the 2008 election. Taken in total, the damage Bush has  
done to the country is massive and will take years to fix. (I mean  
everything, not just law breaking and spying on citizens.)

For some excellent views on security, wire tapping and Internet  
record storage there are a number of good technical, philosophical,  
and legal thinkers. A couple I have found worth reading are:

Bruce Schneier at:
http://www.schneier.com/blog/

See also his essay on "The Value of Privacy":

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2006/05/the_value_of_pr.html

and Glenn Greenwald at:

http://glenngreenwald.blogspot.com/

Also, read Glenn's new book "How Would A Patriot Act"

http://tinyurl.com/n35uy





Note: While you and I might consider this email to be a personal and  
private communication, you should be aware that its contents, and  
those of any reply, are liable to be scrutinized by the United States  
Government in an illegal wiretapping program authorized by President  
George W. Bush. I suggest you take care not to use inflammatory words  
or phrases, such as TERRORIST, REVOLUTION, AL QAEDA, ISLAMIC  
FUNDAMENTALIST, IMPROVISED EXPLOSIVE DEVICE, NUCLEAR WEAPON, etc.



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