From: "Brian B. Riley" <brianbr@together.net>
Date: Tue, 10 Mar 1998 19:03:07 -0800 (PST)
To: "John Young" <cypherpunks@toad.com>
Subject: Re: BATFC -- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and  Cryptography
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On 3/10/98 7:22 AM, John Young (jya@pipeline.com)  passed this wisdom:

>It worth noting that Microsoft and the Justice Department are 
>perfect twins of technology and law monopolies, using brute force 
>and contracts to get their way, both clothed in self-righteousness 
>and both led by charming weirdos, both totally obsessed with each 
>their own mad view of law and technology in the "public interest."  

 John, would you really refer to Janet Reno as a 'charming weirdo'???? I 
can think of lost of names, epithets, and descriptions, but that surely 
would be far down my list.