Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!sugar!taronga!peter From: peter@taronga.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk Subject: Re: Invasion of Privacy in Australia Message-ID: Date: 25 Jan 91 01:33:06 GMT References: <6532@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM> Organization: A corner of our bedroom Lines: 15 In article <6532@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>, ginn@neon-tetra.Eng.Sun.COM (Michael Ginn) writes: > One of the most far-reaching of recent laws is the one that confiscates assets > `SUSPECTED' of being the proceeds of crime or even associated with crime. It > can deny the accused access to his money for legal representation, and in some > cases reverse the onus of proof. Sounds like RICO... the U.S. government isn't that far "behind" Australia here. The rest of the stuff sounds bloody awful. I've been holding onto my Oz citizenship partly as a hedge against erosion of liberties. Sounds like I've been living in a fool's paradise. -- (peter@taronga.uucp.ferranti.com) `-_-' 'U`