From: steven cherry <stc@panix.com>
Date: Sun, 1 May 94 09:24:56 PDT
To: "vtw (Voters Telecommunications Watch)" <misc-activism-progressive@cs.utexas.edu
Subject: Leahy Clipper hearings - May 3rd
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 		Voters Telecomm Watch (VTW)
 		 Legislative Action Alert
 	        vtw-list-request@panix.com
 
 
 Are you concerned about the Clipper Chip?
 
 Do you think your privacy is too important to be trusted to
 corruptible bureaucrats and secret algorithms?
 
 You can do something about this!
 
 On May 3rd, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) will hold a hearing in
 Washington D.C. on the Clipper chip.  The opportunity to add your voice
 is here!  Best of all, we've looked up all the phone numbers for you!
 
 The hearings will be with the Technology and the Law subcommittee
 of the Judiciary committee.  Listed below are the members' names.
 Be brief and polite, as Senator Leahy has a good reputation
 for being sensitive to civil liberties issues in the electronic
 world.
 
 [If you live in any of the states below, please make a special effort 
 to call your Senator.]
 
 Senate Judiciary subcommittee on Technology and the Law
         (Senator Patrick Leahy, Chairman)
 
       P ST Name and Address           Phone           Fax
       = == ========================   ==============  ==============
       D VT Leahy, Patrick J.          1-202-224-4242  1-202-224-3595
             433 RSOB Washington, D.C. 20510
       D WI Kohl, Herbert H.           1-202-224-5653  1-202-224-9787
             330 HSOB Washington, D.C. 20510
       D CA Feinstein, Diane           1-202-224-3841  1-202-228-3954
             367 DSOB Washington, D.C. 20510
       R PA Specter, Arlen             1-202-224-4254  1-202-224-1893
             303 HSOB Washington, D.C. 20510
       R SD Pressler, Larry            1-202-224-5842  1-202-224-1630
             133 HSOB Washington, D.C. 20510
 
         HSOB = Hart Senate Office Building
         RSOB = Russell Senate Office Building
         DSOB = Dirksen Senate Office Building
 
 Call now, call from work, from home, whereever you are.  It only takes
 a minute.  If you have a fax modem, break it in! 
 
 Here is a sample you might want to read before calling or faxing
 in your comments:
 
 SAMPLE LETTER OR PHONE CALL
 
 The Honorable Senator ____________
 
 I understand you will be attending the hearings on the Clipper chip.
 I wanted to express my concern about the use of the Clipper chip
 in personal communications.  The Clipper chip would mandate a 
 privacy standard that is prone to significant abuse.  
 
 Unlike most recent work in cryptography, the academic work surrounding 
 the chip has been kept from the public, developed in secret.
 
 Decent cryptography exists today to protect my communications.
 The Clipper chip threatens my ability to use that technology.
 
 Please oppose the Clipper chip.
 
 Sincerely,
 
 	__________________
 
 
 
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