On Sat, 15 Sep 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On 14 Sep 2001, at 23:30, Anonymous wrote:
> > Pictures of three of these bespectacled, nerdly remailer operators:
> >
> > http://www.melontraffickers.com/pics/DC8_Lucky_BDU_4.jpg
> > http://www.melontraffickers.com/pics/rabbiGoneNuts.jpeg
> > http://www.melontraffickers.com/pics/DC8_noise_and_Lucky_hauling_hardware.jpg
>
> By and large, ninja style raids on remailer operators might be a poor
> idea. I suggest that Aimee's friends should try to obtain and present
> a search warrant first.
Obtaining a search warrant will be easy. If you're creative, you can
imagine a ninja style raid as a method of presentation.
What happens when the remailer operators, if asked to cooperate, attempt
to explain that they're unable to provide any information that could help
in an investigation? They'll rot in jail, at best.
Now is a perfect time for the Government to round up and arrest those
people whose imprisonment might otherwise inspire protests or public
outrage, whether or not these arrests are related to terrorism.
If Dmitry Sklyarov had been arrested today, would there be protests in the
street? Would it get an ounce of press coverage? Would significant numbers
appear to care, in light of these other events?
If you read the Salon article that was posted here earlier, John Perry
Barlow's concerns about the future of privacy rights are referred to as
"callous" and in "poor taste.[1]"
As for Jon Callas's point on the second page, the fact that the Reichstag
fire was started by the Nazis, and the WTC attacks were (ostensibly)
perpetrated by foreign terrorists, matters little if this century's Nazi
analogue seizes the opportunities that the terrorists have handed to it.
Anyone expressing anything but war-hoc statements today or dissenting with
the government's anti-terrorism measures risks being labeled as an enemy of
the state.
-MW-
[1] http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2001/09/14/privacy/index.html
