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Re: Silly me ...
I have no idea if this is in reference to some thread I missed, but I
think it's unfair.
The evidence of this will be this year's CFP, chaired by the same Kent
Walker.
On Wed, 11 Dec 1996, Ernest Hua wrote:
> About 2 years ago, I attended CFP in San Francisco (really San Mateo,
> but who's counting), and I ran across a presentation by an ex-Justice
> Department dude named Kent Walker presenting the government's side of
> the encryption/wiretap debate.
>
> He really seemed nice enough, and I tried to chat with him. My topic
> was how could a good meaning hacker help good meaning government dudes
> figure out details to policies so that everyone is happy.
>
> Little did I know at that time that this is the same Walker that was
> quoted by Meeks as saying cute lil' gems like ...
>
> "If you ask the public, 'Is privacy more important than catching
> criminals?' They'll tell you, 'No.'"
>
> ... and ...
>
> "It's easy to get caught up in the rhetoric that privacy is the
> end all be all."
>
> After a little bit of frustration, I wrote him off as someone cashing
> in on his Justice days to be some VP of government relations (a.k.a.
> lobbyist) with Air Touch.
>
> Perhaps there is something slightly more spooky with this character
> than I originally thought.
>
> Ern
>
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