Re: Senate votes against TIA funding.

2003-01-31 Thread Declan McCullagh
On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 09:08:33PM -0800, Tim May wrote: > The history of nearly all such statist encroachments is that first > there is curiosity, then outrage, then a demand for more details, then > closed hearings, then "If you only knew what we know" comments on the > Sunday talk shows, t

Re: Senate votes against TIA funding.

2003-01-31 Thread Tim May
On Thursday, January 30, 2003, at 02:41 PM, Bill Stewart wrote: Washington: In a daring attempt to avoid identification by the Ministry of Total Information Awareness, the Senate resorted to a voice vote when blocking TIA's funding, hoping that without a written record, individual Senators might

Senate votes against TIA funding.

2003-01-30 Thread Bill Stewart
Washington: In a daring attempt to avoid identification by the Ministry of Total Information Awareness, the Senate resorted to a voice vote when blocking TIA's funding, hoping that without a written record, individual Senators might not be caught. TIA cameras ###.###. and ###.###. [redacte