Politech: FC: Rep. Armey questions Justice Department review of Carnivore

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

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http://www.cluebot.com/article.pl?sid=00/10/19/2251239

   Justice Department Carnivore Review a Sham?
   posted by cicero on Thursday October 19, @05:44PM
   from the say-could-it-be-an-election-year? dept.

   Dick Armey, House majority leader and Republican firebrand, is once
   again making trouble for the Clinton administration. Armey this
   afternoon sent a letter to Attorney General Janet Reno, saying that
   the Justice Department's review of Carnivore appears somewhat less
   than objective: "I have questioned the independence of this review.
   Several in the media have questioned this review. Several universities
   refused to submit review proposals because, in their opinion, the
   review process was unfair." Having the supposedly secret names of the
   government-affiliated reviewers revealed last month sure didn't help.
   Neither did the information in the Carnivore documents obtained under
   the Freedom of Information Act. (Armey's letter is below.)

The letter:
http://www.cluebot.com/article.pl?sid=00/10/19/2251239





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