RE: [Leica] Does this mean we can't talk about Leicas?????

["bdcolen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net>]

You can get the full draft legislation here...
http://www.public-i.org/dtaweb/report.asp?ReportID=502&L1=10&L2=10&L3=0&
L4=0&L5=0

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From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
[mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] On Behalf Of Tim
Atherton
Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 2:05 PM
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us
Subject: RE: [Leica] Does this mean we can't talk about Leicas?????


Hmmm... that would be funny if it weren't so close tot the truth.

This maybe a salon premium story, but you'll get the gist

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2003/02/11/patriot_act/index.html

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>  Department of Homeland Security
> "For a Safe and Secure NationT"
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> Clampdown on Internet Subversives
> - President says "we must stop this evil spread of ideas"
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>  Washington 2/5/03
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> In a far reaching announcement today, President Bush announced that an

> imminent clampdown into the dissemination of subversive and dangerous 
> ideas via the Internet.
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> Announcing this new initiative alongside director Tom Ridge, the 
> president said: "We must stop this evil spread of ideas. Far too many 
> people are being exposed to thoughts and concepts that challenge those

> things this administration stands for. The Internet is clearly an 
> example of outmoded liberal ideas gone badly out of control."
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> Director Ridge added: "It is unfair for the federal government to pass

> the burden of this onto tax-payers and citizens. Instead, we are 
> proposing that the cost be shared between web site publishers and 
> those minority of the population who visit such things. Screening this

> information is expensive and those costs must be passed on."
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> The proposed charges will be in the region of $100 per web page to be 
> analysed for content and 10 cents per page viewed by visitors, this 
> charge will go towards an upgrade to the Carnivore systems already in 
> place. Sites belonging to government agencies are exempt, as are sites

> belong to Fortune 500 companies - Director Ridge said "We can trust 
> major corporations to always act in the interests of the United 
> States, so we do not propose to screen their content. However, in the 
> current climate of terrorist threats we must consider everyone else to

> be a potential subversive".
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> Charges will be levied after 31st March 2003. For any queries or 
> comments, please contact our press office.
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> This article is http://www.homelandsecurity.gov@subj.com/dhs/
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