From: Brad Dolan <bdolan@use.usit.net>
Date: Sun, 28 Jul 1996 11:39:31 +0800
To: Mike van der Merwe <mikev@is.co.za>
Subject: Re: Olympic bombing
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Just heard Newt mumbling about the need for better intelligence 
monitoring and *more* "anti-terrorist" legislation.

Bet you're right.

bd


On Sat, 27 Jul 1996, Mike van der Merwe wrote:

> 
> Hi all
> 
> I can just see the FBI screaming "we need weaker encryption to combat
> terrosism on US soil" with nasty effects -- it seems all to many people,
> lawmakers included, will be only to happy to sacrifice their privacy that
> the FBI can better combat these terrorist acts (which could *of course*
> could been prevented had only the FBI been able to read their encrypted
> mail...)
> 
> Somehow I got the feeling watching CNN that the FBI was given a shitload
> of ammo. Call me cynical but the Reichstag fire comes to mind... 
> 
> Later
> Mike
> 
> ___________________
> 
> "Those that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
>  safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin (1773)
> 
>