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From: lairdb@crash.cts.com (Laird Broadfield)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Those (henious) Information Brokers; who are they?
Message-ID: <8788@crash.cts.com>
Date: 24 Apr 91 23:52:51 GMT
References: <8683@crash.cts.com> <1991Apr21.151853.11183@com50.c2s.mn.org> <8741@crash.cts.com> <1991Apr23.170454.19881@athena.mit.edu>
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In <1991Apr23.170454.19881@athena.mit.edu> seaotter@athena.mit.edu (Amazing Stace) writes:

>Laird Broadfield:
>> Is anyone keeping a list of these folks?  [...]

>An amusing thought -- no, a necessary one: "watching  the  watch-
>ers."  I  imagine  the US Department of Commerce might be able to
>create such a list with a little effort.

>[stuff about Richard Viguerie's initial impetus and growth]

>Okay, so it doesn't *directly* answer Laird's  question:  I  just
>thought it was interesting.

Actually, from what I read, Viguerie has had such success that he no
longer limits himself to Republican and independent listings, he now
writes down everyone he can.  As such (and even if he didn't, since he's
so significant) he's quite an appropriate answer.  Now: What does he know?
How large are his lists?  What percent of his line items are filled in
over what percent of his list?  (Get the idea?  No reason we shouldn't
accumulate our own lists of these folks....)

--  Laird P. Broadfield                        | Year after year, site after
    UUCP: {ucsd, nosc}!crash!lairdb            | site, and I still can't think
    INET: lairdb@crash.cts.com                 | of a funny enough .sig.