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IP: Terrorism as excuse for eradicating liberty
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 18:16:55 -0500
Bye bye liberty to repeat my favorate Ben saying: "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Ben Franklin, ~1784 djf Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 12:47:47 -0500 From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com> Not exactly encouraging news... http://www.wired.com/news/news/email/member/story/15939.html Armored vehicles patrolling Fifth Avenue? Heavily armed Marines going house to house along Rodeo Drive? It may sound like the plot of a bad movie (and it is), but the idea is a bit more sobering when it comes from the Secretary of Defense. In an interview with the Army Times, William Cohen said that the threat of terrorism makes the scenario at least plausible: "Terrorism is escalating to the point that Americans soon may have to choose between civil liberties and more intrusive means of protection." -------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- the moderated mailing list of politics and technology To subscribe: send a message to majordomo () vorlon mit edu with this text: subscribe politech More information is at http://www.well.com/~declan/politech/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------- _____________________________________________________________________ David Farber The Alfred Fitler Moore Professor of Telecommunication Systems University of Pennsylvania Home Page: http://www.cis.upenn.edu/~farber
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