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From: allen@sulaco.Lonestar.ORG (Allen Gwinn)
Newsgroups: comp.org.eff.talk
Subject: Re: Repost from Telecom
Message-ID: <1991Jun25.122028.7528@sulaco.Lonestar.ORG>
Date: 25 Jun 91 12:20:28 GMT
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In article <1991Jun25.005151.27279@looking.on.ca> brad@looking.on.ca (Brad Templeton) writes:

>However, the fact that there are lawbreakers out there is not an excuse
>for absuse of the law, and we should not let it be an excuse, so saying
>that Rose, assuming he was indeed a nasty guilty party, is to *blame* for
>increased enforcement is a trap into which would should not fall.

This is true.  However, all but one of the "raids" and incidents that Bill
talked about was directly involved with the Len Rose investigation.  This
includes the raids on AT&T, Southwestern Bell and the consultant in Austin
in which people's jobs were compromised and equipment seized.  These things 
were not unrelated.  Len had something to do with every site/person affected.
Now I'll grant you that there were others that were not directly related, 
but Len has caused a lot of people alot of trouble.  And the fact that he's
going to spend a year in prison is probably a good thing.

Sorry to sound so callous, but Len is a criminal and should be treated like
one.
-- 
Allen Gwinn (allen@sulaco.lonestar.org)
"If SCO would like to use this server in one of their products they have to
 pay $100 for every copy they redistribute, cause I don't like this company
 and their braindamaged products." - Thomas Roell on The Santa Cruz Operation