1997-03-09 - Re: Tim in Anguilla vs. USA

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From: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
To: Vincent Cate <cypherpunks@toad.com
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UTC Datetime: 1997-03-09 19:52:24 UTC
Raw Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 11:52:24 -0800 (PST)

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From: Duncan Frissell <frissell@panix.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Mar 1997 11:52:24 -0800 (PST)
To: Vincent Cate <cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: Tim in Anguilla vs. USA
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At 02:42 PM 3/8/97 -0400, Vincent Cate wrote:
>
>If Tim were a French citizen in the USA, and ranting about crypto-anarchy
>and destabilizing governments on street corners (or communism or
>something), he *might not* get his visa/work-permit renewed in the USA.
>Tim is very safe in the USA partly because he does not have to get a visa
>renewed.

Were Tim a French citizen in the US who had worked for Intel and gotten a passel of stock, or founded Borland like French illegal alien Phillippe Kahn, he could say whatever he wanted without problems.  He would only run into such problems if he was Palestinian.

DCF





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