NODE f44377d2US dissident in Sweden
Asgaard <asgaard@cor.sos.sll.se>Tue, 16 Sep 1997 08:19:04 +0800
The Dagens Nyheter reported yesterday that a US citizen,
Mr Ritt Goldstein, is in Sweden asking for political asylum.
Alledgedly he has been systematically harassed and persecuted
by US police after organizing resistance against police
violence and brutality.
The NYPD 'zero tolerance success' has recently been praised
here as something for the Swedish police to learn from. Luckily
the 'up yours' story surfaced soon afterwards.
The latest crypto policy news here says that Sweden will not
go along will mandatory GAK. In the long run there is little
hope for European resistance to the New World Order, though.
Only France has nuclear warheads out of US control and France
is The Enemy as the leading proponent of an EU Superstate.
Asgaard
NODE 2ca333d0Re: US dissident in Sweden
Martin Minow <minow@apple.com>Tue, 16 Sep 1997 10:29:36 +0800
At 2:06 AM +0200 9/16/97, Asgaard wrote:
>The Dagens Nyheter reported yesterday that a US citizen,
>Mr Ritt Goldstein, is in Sweden asking for political asylum.
...
>
>The latest crypto policy news here says that Sweden will not
>go along will mandatory GAK. ...
I wouldn't count on Sweden as a haven for strong crypto or,
in particular, untraceable anonymity. Also, the Swedish national
police have quite a few skeletons in their closet with respect
to personal integrity (look for references to IB, the
"Information Bureau" or read the entire series of Sjovall/Wahloo
"Martin Beck" novels.)
Martin Minow
minow@apple.com