NODE 148abdd5Re: BATFC -- Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Cryptography
"Brian B. Riley" <brianbr@together.net>Tue, 10 Mar 1998 19:03:07 -0800 (PST)
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.