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From: mnemonic@eff.org (Mike Godwin)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: EFF Involvment (was Re: Getting molested by the S.S.)
Message-ID: <1991Mar11.154931.2164@eff.org>
Date: 11 Mar 91 15:49:31 GMT
References: <1991Mar10.145856.25752@eff.org> <7916@rsiatl.Dixie.Com>
Organization: The Electronic Frontier Foundation
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In article <7916@rsiatl.Dixie.Com> jgd@Dixie.Com (John G. DeArmond) writes:
>
>This is a questions and not a criticism.  Why cannot the EFF release the 
>names of cases they are currently involved with?  Not details, simply
>names and locations.

There are tactical reasons not to let some parties
know we are committing resources to some cases until the very last
possible moment.

>Since all the parties involved would presumably
>know of your involvement ...

See above.

>... why not share the information with the net?
>It would cut down on criticisms like you responded to and it would 
>reassure others like myself who probably would NOT speak out, that the
>EFF is indeed involved and providing some form of assistance.

Are you saying that sharing such information would be good public
relations? It is precisely the criticism that we care too much 
about public relations that I was responding to.



--Mike



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