Telling quote from Bernstein hearing

In the recent hearing of the Bernstein case, Anthony Coppolino for the 
Justice Department said:


"We don't care about the theory; we don't care about
the idea Mr. Bernstein has, which was to take a particular type
of algorithm and use it to allow for an encrypted interactive
conversation.  That's his idea.
We don't care about his idea; we care about the
result of what it can do."
http://www.eff.org/pub/Privacy/ITAR_export/Bernstein_case/Legal/
960920.transcript

Encrypted interactive conversations seem to be something to be concerned 
about...They are afraid of us.

-- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred.
   Defeat the Demopublican Unity Party. Vote no on Clinton/Dole in November.
   Vote Harry Browne for President.

Lucky Green wrote:
> In the recent hearing of the Bernstein case, Anthony Coppolino for the
> Justice Department said:
> "We don't care about the theory; we don't care about
> the idea Mr. Bernstein has, which was to take a particular type
> of algorithm and use it to allow for an encrypted interactive
> conversation.  That's his idea.
> We don't care about his idea; we care about the
> result of what it can do."

[snip]

Could I suggest a translation?  "We're going to trust Professional Government Consultant 
Organization XYZ to tell us about Mr. Bernstein's idea, since we obviously won't 
understand Mr. Bernstein's own explanation."  (And we do care about his idea, but we 
can't admit that, because it would make us look stupid)

Tony Coppolino was also the Justice Department's lead attorney in the CDA 
case in Philadelphia. The Feds are grooming lawyers who have a clue about 
the Net.

-Declan



On Sat, 2 Nov 1996, Lucky Green wrote:

> In the recent hearing of the Bernstein case, Anthony Coppolino for the 
> Justice Department said:
> 
> 
> "We don't care about the theory; we don't care about
> the idea Mr. Bernstein has, which was to take a particular type
> of algorithm and use it to allow for an encrypted interactive
> conversation.  That's his idea.
> We don't care about his idea; we care about the
> result of what it can do."
> http://www.eff.org/pub/Privacy/ITAR_export/Bernstein_case/Legal/
> 960920.transcript
> 
> Encrypted interactive conversations seem to be something to be concerned 
> about...They are afraid of us.
> 
> -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred.
>    Defeat the Demopublican Unity Party. Vote no on Clinton/Dole in November.
>    Vote Harry Browne for President.
> 
> 


// declan@eff.org // I do not represent the EFF // declan@well.com //

On Sun, 3 Nov 1996, Declan McCullagh wrote:

> Tony Coppolino was also the Justice Department's lead attorney in the CDA 
> case in Philadelphia. The Feds are grooming lawyers who have a clue about 
> the Net.

Indeed.  At no small expense, DOJ has been training "CTCs" for each 
U.S. Attorney's office.  CTC stands for "Computer and Telecommunications 
Fraud Coordinator."   I know one guy who got sent to four conferences, 
including one with the Famous But Incompetents at Quantico, but who then 
had the bad taste to leave government employ!

EBD


> 
> -Declan
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, 2 Nov 1996, Lucky Green wrote:
> 
> > In the recent hearing of the Bernstein case, Anthony Coppolino for the 
> > Justice Department said:
> > 
> > 
> > "We don't care about the theory; we don't care about
> > the idea Mr. Bernstein has, which was to take a particular type
> > of algorithm and use it to allow for an encrypted interactive
> > conversation.  That's his idea.
> > We don't care about his idea; we care about the
> > result of what it can do."
> > http://www.eff.org/pub/Privacy/ITAR_export/Bernstein_case/Legal/
> > 960920.transcript
> > 
> > Encrypted interactive conversations seem to be something to be concerned 
> > about...They are afraid of us.
> > 
> > -- Lucky Green <mailto:shamrock@netcom.com> PGP encrypted mail preferred.
> >    Defeat the Demopublican Unity Party. Vote no on Clinton/Dole in November.
> >    Vote Harry Browne for President.
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
> // declan@eff.org // I do not represent the EFF // declan@well.com //
> 
> 
>