re white house public encryption management fact sheet in article qnav r l transfer stratus com cme ellisun sw stratus com carl ellison writes in article c lgaz dove nist gov clipper csrc ncsl nist gov clipper chip announcement writes further the attorney general shall utilize funds from the department of justice asset forfeiture super surplus fund to effect this purchase talk about adding insult to injury i for one believe that the use of civil forfeiture should be abolished by a decent administration not continued instead it looks like that ill gotten gain will be used to help pay for wiretap equipment i wholeheartedly agree knowing that we have let our law enforcement agencies seize our property against the fifth amendment of our constitution tells me that we are absolving ourselves of our responsibility for self governance we have to take our government back from the self serving politicians who create laws and rules only to better their positions within the government we have allowed them to take too much power from the people of this nation that situation has to be changed allowing the law enforcement agencies to use the seized property to pay off drug informants who lie and continue to deal in drugs is tantamount to making a pact with the devil himself it s a vicious cycle the law enforcement agencies are motivated to seize property to fund their own activities and having no easy way for the citizen to regain the property intact once taken gives even more incentive for the agencies to take property it s also interesting to note that two months ago rush limbaugh said that clinton would have the plumbers out in force shortly clinton and his henchmen firmly believe in strong ubiquitous government control anytime a leader believes in that the leader will use every means possible to retain that control and take more we have to take our government back otherwise we will end up living in the equivalent of a high tech third world dictatorship we have to take responsibility for ourselves our personal welfare and our actions paul j olson vax systems manager resident amiga addict c voice decnet charon paul internet paul charon gsfc nasa gov xx disclaimer statements in my messages are wholely my own amiga ignorance is a renewable resource p j o rourke
