Re: Security and the Government

["Security Related" <b_c_w_g () hotmail com>]

In the interest of being thorough (as I am not one for conspiracy theories, 
except as screen savers for the brain anyways), one possibility is that they 
want your physical mailing address, not so that they can respond with snail 
mail, but so that,...well, so they can know where you live...

ES
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----Original Message Follows----
From: George Capehart <capegeo () opengroup org>
To: Lance Spitzner <lance () spitzner net>, firewall-wizards () nfr com
Subject: Re: [fw-wiz] Security and the Government
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 16:31:54 -0500

Lance Spitzner wrote:
>

<snip>

>
> I went to Mr. Horn's website to obtain his email address,
> http://www.house.gov/horn/.  I found the address, but how he
> uses email concerns me.  Remeber, this is one of the lead
> congressmen involved in the USA's Information Technology.
>
>   "Send e-mail to steve.horn () mail house gov.  Please
>    include your full name and postal address, including
>    ZIP code, since I respond by U.S. mail. Thank you."
>
> What can one imply from this .... ?

First impression is not good.  I can envision several possibilities
about why that is, but none give me any warm fuzzies . . . :->

One possibility is that he's so paranoid about the House email system
that he won't use it.  Another is that he's a technophobe and won't use
it.  Another is that he doesn't know how to use email.  The most likely
and least unappealing scenario I can come up with is that he doesn't
handle his correspondence and the person/people who do don't know how to
use email and/or don't know how to manage it . . .

None of those make me feel like the future of government management and
information and technology are in very good hands . . .

But then I could be wrong . . .  8-}
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