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1995-11-02 - Re: FBI seeks huge wiretapping system

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From: m5@dev.tivoli.com (Mike McNally)
To: hallam@w3.org
Message Hash: 8c255b98933c957602f561366701000cb63a57b7e5b4d73b82747cbbc7a4627e
Message ID: <9511021924.AA12407@alpha>
Reply To: <199511020955.BAA04564@you.got.net>
UTC Datetime: 1995-11-02 20:32:49 UTC
Raw Date: Fri, 3 Nov 1995 04:32:49 +0800

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From: m5@dev.tivoli.com (Mike McNally)
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 1995 04:32:49 +0800
To: hallam@w3.org
Subject: Re: FBI seeks huge wiretapping system
In-Reply-To: <199511020955.BAA04564@you.got.net>
Message-ID: <9511021924.AA12407@alpha>
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hallam@w3.org writes:
 > It is a fair point that just because technology has changed the 
 > nature of the game it should not mean that wiretaps cease to be 
 > possible.

I disagree that this is a "fair point".  That wiretaps are possible is
an accident of design.  Just because that slice of the salami appears
gone, I see no reason to concede that it can't be re-attached.

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