Politics

• Outlawing Encryption Under Patriot Ii

  3 Mar 2003 • 1 min read • freedom security politics Civil Liberties post

  ot-ii Among other nasty things, the US government is trying to make the use of encryption while committing a crime over a computer a new crime that would add 5 years onto your sentence, if convicted. …

• Ari Gets Laughed Out Of Wh Briefing Room

  3 Mar 2003 • 1 min read • politics post

  [IP] Must Read and See: Ari Gets Laughed Out of WH Briefing Room] Join in laughing Ari Fleischer out of the briefing room. Start at about 30 minutes into the tape when Ari is being repeatedly …

• Reckless Administration May Reap Disastrous Consequences

  14 Feb 2003 • 1 min read • politics post

  Senator Robert Byrd made this excellent speech on the negative consequences of the Bush Administrations actions and policies. Some gems: “To contemplate war is to think about the most horrible …

• Patriot 2 Encryption An Aggravating Circumstance

  13 Feb 2003 • 1 min read • freedom security politics Privacy post

  Declan McCullagh asks a good question on the cryptography list: When encryption is omnipresent in everything from wireless networks to hard drives to SSH clients, might the basic effect of such a law …

• E Voting In Washington Say Goodbye To Election Integrity

  13 Feb 2003 • 3 min read • security politics post

  “The most important question to ask is this: With respect to this year’s all-electronic voting machines, is there any meaningful evidence that the vote you cast was correctly recorded …