Keep Big Brother's Hands Off The Internet -- written in 1997 by that champion of civil liberties, Senator John Ashcroft:
There is a concern that the Internet could be used to commit crimes and that advanced encryption could disguise such activity. However, we do not provide the government with phone jacks outside our homes for unlimited wiretaps. Why, then, should we grant government the Orwellian capability to listen at will and in real time to our communications across the Web?Lest we forget, the Clinton Administration was no great friend of civil liberties -- of course Ashcroft now makes Clinton look like Nat Hentoff. Link via This Modern World.
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