From: "Michael Froomkin - U.Miami School of Law" <froomkin@law.miami.edu>
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 20:32:31 -0800 (PST)
To: Ernest Hua <hua@chromatic.com>
Subject: Re: Silly me ...
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I have no idea if this is in reference to some thread I missed, but I
think it's unfair.

The evidence of this will be this year's CFP, chaired by the same Kent
Walker.


On Wed, 11 Dec 1996, Ernest Hua wrote:

> About 2 years ago, I attended CFP in San Francisco (really San Mateo,
> but who's counting), and I ran across a presentation by an ex-Justice
> Department dude named Kent Walker presenting the government's side of
> the encryption/wiretap debate.
> 
> He really seemed nice enough, and I tried to chat with him.  My topic
> was how could a good meaning hacker help good meaning government dudes
> figure out details to policies so that everyone is happy.
> 
> Little did I know at that time that this is the same Walker that was
> quoted by Meeks as saying cute lil' gems like ...
> 
>     "If you ask the public, 'Is privacy more important than catching
>      criminals?' They'll tell you, 'No.'"
> 
> ... and ...
> 
>     "It's easy to get caught up in the rhetoric that privacy is the
>      end all be all."
> 
> After a little bit of frustration, I wrote him off as someone cashing
> in on his Justice days to be some VP of government relations (a.k.a.
> lobbyist) with Air Touch.
> 
> Perhaps there is something slightly more spooky with this character
> than I originally thought.
> 
> Ern
> 

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