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Re: FCPUNX:FBI calls for mandatory key escrow
On Fri, 5 Sep 1997, James A. Donald wrote:
> At 07:40 AM 9/4/97 +0200, Anonymous wrote:
> > Who is going to stop them? They have the guns! When our elected
> > officials in Congress delved into the INSLAW affair, the Department
> > of Justice told them to "Fuck off." and refused to cooperate with
> > those who represent the citizens. Congress's reaction was to say,
> > "Yup. They're defying us."
> > Ipso facto--Congress is not running the country. The LEA's are running
> > the country. Go figure...
>
> It used to be that normal federal agencies did not have their own goons.
>
> They relied on the fibbies.
>
> Now every federal agency is creating their own goon squad. Sometimes
> they send in the goons to illegally enforce the laws that they are
> lobbying for. Congress then has to make it legal, or crack down on
> illegal use of force by a federal agency. Frequently they make it
> legal
>
> This is reminiscent of the latter days of the Soviet Union.
>
> Towards the end in the Soviet Union, armed government agencies
> would raid other agencies for valuables, and set up road blocks
> at random times and places, and confiscate anything valuable
> being trucked through by another government agency. No kidding.
>
There is an interesting analysis of this process in the book, "The
Sovereign Individual". They point out that during the end of one
mega-political age and the beginning of the next, the agency with a force
monopoly becomes corrupt in the extreme. The authors define a
mega-political age as a fundamental change in the balance of power between
human predators and human prey.
For example, hunter-gatherers to agricultural to industrial to
cypher/network/informational.
Lets just hope the transition is as quick and painless as
possible.
Anyone have any background on the author's of this book?
Lord Rees-Moggs (and someone who I can't remember)
Jim Burnes