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From: rogue@cellar.UUCP (Rache McGregor)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk,misc.legal
Subject: Re: Public Access Sites -- concerns, problems, and precedents
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Date: 18 Jun 91 13:03:11 GMT
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mnemonic@eff.org (Mike Godwin) writes:

> In article <1991Jun18.011619.10202@eff.org> mkapor@eff.org (Mitch Kapor) writ
> 
> >Feel free to call him at the EFF.  The number is 617 864-0665.  While there
> >are no certainties, it is not my sense there is any organized witch-hunt in
> >progress which might affect operators of public access bulletin boards.  So
> >relax.
> 
> Of the three major anti-hacking efforts I've been following recently,
> each is being driven by a different entity or agency. Last week's
> stories in Atlanta, for example, are tied to GBI investigations, while
> the previous week's cases in Indiana seem to be cases in which state
> and local police are working with federal investigators. The
> ThriftyTel cases, of course, are being driven by a private long-distance
> provider.

Sorry for asking, but what is the ThriftyTel case?

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