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From: Newmedia@aol.com
Date: February 13, 2008 8:21:29 AM EST
Subject: Re: [IP] Re: BEST LAW MONAY CAN BUY -- Senate votes Telecom immunity
Paul:
Correct. When the anti-trust case was brought against AT&T, I'm told that DoD "blocked" it out of concerns that the "old-boy" relationships with Ma Bell would be jeopardized.
NSTAC was created to make sure that all the other telecom (and many other technology) companies would have a similar commitment. NSTAC has formally brought these companies into national security initiatives and projects and is the "grand-daddy" of many other similar advisory committees.
I first learned about them when Microsoft was settling its own anti-trust case in 2000. Craig Mundie gave an important speech at NSTAC and later joined the committee.
Mark Stahlman
New York City
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