RE: [Raven] Congressman Bob Barr thanks IETF for not doing the wi retap thang

Melinda, I'm hardly a defender of Bob Barr, as my previous message makes 
clear. But frothing doesn't cut it. Barr is a former US attorney and 
(believe it or not, based on my interviews with him) a pretty sharp fellow.

Of course he's a religious right wacko, but when the Republicans control 
the Congress, religious right wackos who care about privacy can move some 
legislation. Look at Barr's speech last year at the Computers Freedom and 
Privacy conference, his promised hearings on NSA illegal surveillance, his 
opposition to CALEA, and so on.

He's better than leftist Democrats (who do care about you right to do 
whatever you want in your bedroom, but automatically side with their pal in 
the White House when it comes to wiretapping) on those issues.

-Declan

At 16:57 2/3/2000 -0600, Melinda.Shore@nokia.com wrote:
> > But he has been very good on privacy issues, as anyone who
> > has followed his legislative and privacy record knows.
>
>Unless Bob Barr doesn't approve of your sex life, in
>which case he believes that you do not have the right
>to engage in consensual acts with another adult in
>your own home.  He also thinks that giving his own
>religious beliefs the force of law is a dandy thing to
>do, which is also (arguably) a privacy issue.
>
>Barr's trying to grab himself some visibility on
>internet stuff and he's using the wiretap stuff to do
>it, even though he really hasn't been able to formulate
>a coherent statement on the matter other than "wiretap
>bad, freedom good."
>
>Melinda

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