IP: Terrorism as excuse for eradicating liberty

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

Bye bye liberty

to repeat my favorate Ben saying:

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary 
 safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."       - Ben Franklin, ~1784

djf


Date: Mon, 02 Nov 1998 12:47:47 -0500
From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>


Not exactly encouraging news...



http://www.wired.com/news/news/email/member/story/15939.html

Armored vehicles patrolling Fifth Avenue? Heavily armed 
Marines going house to house along Rodeo Drive? It may sound 
like the plot of a bad movie (and it is), but the idea is a 
bit more sobering when it comes from the Secretary of 
Defense. In an interview with the Army Times, William Cohen 
said that the threat of terrorism makes the scenario at 
least plausible: "Terrorism is escalating to the point that 
Americans soon may have to choose between civil liberties 
and more intrusive means of protection."



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David Farber         
The Alfred Fitler Moore Professor of Telecommunication Systems
University of Pennsylvania 
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