more on Enhanced In-Air Internet Surveillance Sought

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Randall <4whp () insightbb com>
Date: July 15, 2005 1:29:43 PM EDT
To: dave () farber net
Subject: Re: [IP] more on Enhanced In-Air Internet Surveillance Sought


On Fri, 2005-07-15 at 13:20 -0400, David Farber wrote:

> Begin forwarded message:
>
> From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
> Date: July 14, 2005 12:45:52 AM EDT
> To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net () warpspeed com>
> Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Re: Enhanced In-Air Internet Surveillance  
> Sought
> Reply-To: dewayne () warpspeed com
>
>
> [Note:  This comment comes from reader Scott Berry.  DLH]
>
>
>
> > From: Scott Berry <sjb () optonline net>
> > Date: July 13, 2005 5:36:04 PM PDT
> > To: dewayne () warpspeed com
> > Subject: RE: [Dewayne-Net] Enhanced In-Air Internet Surveillance
> > Sought
> >
> >
> > Wasn't 1984 over 20 years ago?
> >
> > As Bob Frankston has suggested, terrorists need only pick up the
> > phone on
> > the seatback in front of them to do all the mid-air planning they
> > want.  Of
> > course, that's undoubtedly tappable too.
> >
> > But why would terrorists even need to use the internet on a plane
> > unless
> > they were going to do something to it in mid-air.  Wonder how a tap
> > is going
> > to stop that from occurring?  Or is DHS only interested in closing
> > barn
> > doors on horses' rear ends?

The Department of Homeland Security's biggest problem is figuring out
how to spend all the money Congress shovels at it - any money they don't
spend this year, they don't get next year.

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Note to the Men in Black:  This is NOT a "Burning Bush" reference!
Thank you for reading my mail, and for keeping me safe.



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