From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 1998 21:38:36 +0800
To: cypherpunks@cyberpass.net
Subject: DoT National ID card delayed; CDA II signed soon
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>Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1998 18:45:12 -0700 (PDT)
>From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
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>Subject: FC: DoT National ID card delayed; CDA II signed soon
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>http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/15635.html
>
>Newt Caves on National ID Cards
>by Declan McCullagh 
>
>                     5:45 p.m.  15.Oct.98.PDT
>                     When the staff at the conservative Free
>                     Congress Foundation learned Thursday
>                     that legislation postponing a federal plan
>                     to standardize US drivers licenses was in
>                     trouble, they turned to the Internet for
>                     help. 
>
>                     Patrick Poole, deputy director of the
>                     groups Center for Technology Policy,
>                     quickly fired off an email alert to 500
>                     grassroots conservative and libertarian
>                     groups. He said Representative Lamar
>                     Smith (R-Texas) was trying to preserve
>                     regulations creating de facto national ID
>                     cards, and he urged readers to let
>                     Congress know exactly what middle
>                     America thought about such big
>                     government boondoggles...
>
>
>
>http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/15638.html
>
>CDA II Bound for Clinton's Desk
>by Declan McCullagh 
>
>                     2:45 p.m.  15.Oct.98.PDT
>                     Wielding a potent political bludgeon -- by
>                     accusing Democrats of being soft on
>                     pornography just weeks before the
>                     election -- Republicans on Thursday
>                     inserted the sequel to the
>                     Communications Decency Act into a
>                     sprawling $500 billion spending bill. 
>
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