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Subject: Re: US Justice Dept.
From: "Bryan D. Boyle" <bdboyle @ stargate . erenj . com>
Date: Tue, 14 May 1996 07:45:38 -0400
To: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs @ gilberto . physik . RWTH-Aachen . DE>
Cc: firewalls @ greatcircle . com
In-reply-to: "Julian H. Stacey" <jhs @ gilberto . physik . RWTH-Aachen . DE> "Re: US Justice Dept." (May 12, 4:35pm)
References: <199605121435 . QAA15962 @ vector . jhs . no_domain>

On May 12,  4:35pm, Julian H. Stacey wrote:
} Subject: Re: US Justice Dept.
> To Firewalls @
 GreatCircle .
 COM people,
> CC Mary L. Casey <casey @
 justice .
 usdoj .
 gov>
>
> Re.
> > > Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 14:03:09 -0400 (EDT)
> > > From: casey @
 justice .
 usdoj .
 gov
> > > To: Firewalls @
 GreatCircle .
 COM
> > > Subject: Firewalls-Digest V5 #289
> > >
> > > I am looking for a list of all the Internet
> > > Service Providers world-wide.  Can anyone point me
> > > in the right direction?
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance,
> > >
> > > Mary L. Casey, Program Analyst
> > > Information Management &
> > >   Security Staff
> > > Information Resources Management
> > > Justice Management Division
> > > U.S. Dept of Justice
>
>
> Can Mary provide convincing reasons why people might want to divulge
non
> technical information to her national government without legal
compulsion  ?
>
> Consider the way USA govt. disrupts world industry with stupid
encryption
> export laws, persecutes Zimmerman(PGP) etc, & tries to enforce Clipper
chips.
>
> How does it benefit this international mail list (dedicated to the
> technical issues of firewalls), to co-operate with the legislative
department
> of a disruptive national government ?
>

It doesn't.  And no one has to cooperate with the USDOJ if they are not
under compulsion to.

Instead of us doing their work for them, perhaps they should earn their
overblown salaries and look for themselves.



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