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FC: Day 4 of Washington State Cypherpunk Trial
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Hettinga)
Thu Apr 15 15:25:38 1999
Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 14:48:24 -0400
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From: Robert Hettinga <rah@shipwright.com>
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Date: Thu, 15 Apr 1999 09:38:10 -0700
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From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Subject: FC: Day 4 of Washington State Cypherpunk Trial
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http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/19145.html
Free Speech on Trial in Tacoma
by Declan McCullagh
9:00 a.m. 15.Apr.99.PDT
TACOMA, Washington -- Very few
Americans like the IRS, especially when
April 15 rolls around.
But most taxpayers are discreet enough
to keep their feelings to themselves, and
not mouth off about how nice it would be
to see the IRS eliminated. At least, not
on an electronic mailing list populated
with Treasury Department agents.
Carl Johnson, however, is not someone
known for his discretion.
The gruff, bearded man, an itinerant
musician and longtime computer geek,
spent much of last year railing online
against Bill Gates, various federal officials,
and IRS agents.
The IRS claims he went too far, crossing
the line from hypothetical discussions of
violence against "Law Enfarcement Offals"
to actual threats.
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Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@philodox.com>
Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism <http://www.philodox.com/>
44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA
"... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity,
[predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to
experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'
