The U.S. Committee on Commerce has posted a clutch of letters written by Rep.
Tom Bliley. Chair of the committee, in response to the recent hearings.
The letters are addressed to several individuals, including Chas. Ruff,
counsel to the President, and Janet Reno:
"I must say that these communications appear to be highly inappropriate.
Not only does the conversation involve a senior Department official and a
private party with a clear interest in an open DOJ enforcement action, but
the discussion clearly involved potential legal and non-legal options
available to the Department with respect to that open investigation. These
communications are even more surprising in light of the fact that the
Department routinely rejects requests by Congressional committees,
including my own, for briefings on open law enforcement matters, citing
Department policy and
practice. Indeed, the Department has in the past refused to discuss even
closed enforcement matters with Congressional committees.
"I also am troubled by the close nexus between these communications, which
occurred on March 31, 1999, and the Department's April 1999 decision to
jump-start its dormant investigation of NSI -- which, whether warranted or
not, certainly gives the impression of collusion between ICANN and your
Department on this sensitive enforcement and Internet policy matter."
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Links to these Bliley letters have been set on:
http://www.domainhandbook.com/congress.html#ltrs
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Co-author ____ http://www.domainhandbook.com
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ISBN 0879305150 (oo) -^-- +1 (415) 435-5010
[EMAIL PROTECTED] W W Tiburon, CA
DOT COM is the Pig Latin of the Information Age
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