NODE 3c5fcaabRe: Key Recovery / The True Story
Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com>Sun, 25 May 1997 04:11:18 +0800
At 01:59 PM 5/23/97 -0700, Ernest Hua wrote:
> Is it EVER okay for spooks to break into a church's computer to
> find out if they are secret terrorists?
>
>I'm not sure the answer is clearly one way or another, and I am
>willing to bet that the tone of the answers will mostly be emotional
>appeals to some idealistic standard or pessimistic nightmares.
>From a pragmatic standpoint, if the feds can burn down a church with the
worshippers still inside with impunity, it stands to reason that breaking
into their computers would not be a very big deal.
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NODE 598759a9Re: Key Recovery / The True Story
"William H. Geiger III" <whgiii@amaranth.com>Sun, 25 May 1997 04:50:19 +0800
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In <3.0.32.19970524122113.00756270@netcom13.netcom.com>, on 05/24/97
at 01:50 PM, Lucky Green <shamrock@netcom.com> said:
>At 01:59 PM 5/23/97 -0700, Ernest Hua wrote:
>> Is it EVER okay for spooks to break into a church's computer to
>> find out if they are secret terrorists?
>>
>>I'm not sure the answer is clearly one way or another, and I am
>>willing to bet that the tone of the answers will mostly be emotional
>>appeals to some idealistic standard or pessimistic nightmares.
>>From a pragmatic standpoint, if the feds can burn down a church with the
>worshippers still inside with impunity, it stands to reason that breaking
>into their computers would not be a very big deal.
Cromwell for Presedent??
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