From pedro@tastytronic.net Wed, 25 Jul 2001 22:06:21 -0500
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 22:06:21 -0500
From: Peter A. Peterson II pedro@tastytronic.net
Subject: [sklyarov-chicago] 
[ssteele@eff.org: Re: Why Mueller?  Can You Say 'Pressure Point'?]

Keep this in mind, folks.

pedro

----- Forwarded message from Shari Steele <ssteele@eff.org> -----

Hi Seth.
Mueller is not a target.  We found out today that he has been in DC for 
over six months as an Acting Assistant Attorney General.  There has been an 
Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of California, and he is the 
one who has power over this decision.  Putting pressure on the Senate 
Judiciary Committee makes it look like we don't know what's going on, and 
putting pressure on Mueller potentially makes an enemy of the new Director 
of the FBI.
Shari

At 03:51 PM 7/25/01 -0700, Seth David Schoen wrote:
>Stanton McCandlish writes:
>
> > > EFF actually worked with then-Rep. Cantwell on her bill, once upon a
> > > time.  Are any of the EFF staff members who were involved with that
> > > still at EFF?
> >
> > Our exec. dir., Shari Steele.
>
>Shari, do you have any interest in getting in touch with Sen.
>Cantwell?  She's on the Senate Judiciary Committee these days.
>
>Do you know what she thinks about the DMCA?  She used to be an
>executive at Real Networks (boo, hiss) while she was on vacation
>from being a Member of Congress.
>
>--
>Seth Schoen
>Volunteer Technologist                                 schoen@eff.org
>Electronic Frontier Foundation                    http://www.eff.org/
>454 Shotwell Street, San Francisco, CA  94110

~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~
Shari Steele
Executive Director                                    ssteele@eff.org
Electronic Frontier Foundation           +1 415 436 9333 x103 (voice)
454 Shotwell Street                             +1 415 436 9993 (fax)
San Francisco, CA  94110


----- End forwarded message -----

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From korbomite@yahoo.com Wed, 25 Jul 2001 21:02:24 -0700 (PDT)
Date: Wed, 25 Jul 2001 21:02:24 -0700 (PDT)
From: Michael Cannon korbomite@yahoo.com
Subject: [sklyarov-chicago] 
[ssteele@eff.org: Re: Why Mueller?  Can You Say 'Pressure Point'?]

Somebody needs to ask Ms. Shari of the EFF:

1.  Who is the NOMINAL US Attorney?  If it is Mueller,
than he is responsible, as anything done in his
district is done in his name and identified with him. 
If he has the title, than he is the responsible party.
 After all, there ARE such things as telephones and
email.  Finally, on this issue, what was he working on
in Washington?

2.  Where has all the money disbursed to the EFF for
Dmitry's defense gone?  Why does Dmitry STILL have a
public defender?  Why are we hearing nothing from the
EFF?  Why is Nightline interviewing Cheney and not
Marty or you?

3.  It seems that we are far more effective at getting
things done than you folks are.  Why should we listen
to you?  You've been working to get this thing
defeated for 3 years...we worked for 3 days and got
more coverage than you have in all that time.  Again,
what do we need you for?  It seems that all you folks
are doing is exploiting this to pump up your
membership rolls and your Treasury.  Where has the
money gone?

Mike Cannon
Chicago
--- "Peter A. Peterson II" <pedro@tastytronic.net>
wrote:
> Keep this in mind, folks.
> 
> pedro
> 
> ----- Forwarded message from Shari Steele
> <ssteele@eff.org> -----
> 
> Hi Seth.
> Mueller is not a target.  We found out today that he
> has been in DC for 
> over six months as an Acting Assistant Attorney
> General.  There has been an 
> Acting U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of
> California, and he is the 
> one who has power over this decision.  Putting
> pressure on the Senate 
> Judiciary Committee makes it look like we don't know
> what's going on, and 
> putting pressure on Mueller potentially makes an
> enemy of the new Director 
> of the FBI.
> Shari
> 
> At 03:51 PM 7/25/01 -0700, Seth David Schoen wrote:
> >Stanton McCandlish writes:
> >
> > > > EFF actually worked with then-Rep. Cantwell on
> her bill, once upon a
> > > > time.  Are any of the EFF staff members who
> were involved with that
> > > > still at EFF?
> > >
> > > Our exec. dir., Shari Steele.
> >
> >Shari, do you have any interest in getting in touch
> with Sen.
> >Cantwell?  She's on the Senate Judiciary Committee
> these days.
> >
> >Do you know what she thinks about the DMCA?  She
> used to be an
> >executive at Real Networks (boo, hiss) while she
> was on vacation
> >from being a Member of Congress.
> >
> >--
> >Seth Schoen
> >Volunteer Technologist                             
>    schoen@eff.org
> >Electronic Frontier Foundation                   
> http://www.eff.org/
> >454 Shotwell Street, San Francisco, CA  94110
> 
>
~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~.~
> Shari Steele
> Executive Director                                  
>  ssteele@eff.org
> Electronic Frontier Foundation           +1 415 436
> 9333 x103 (voice)
> 454 Shotwell Street                             +1
> 415 436 9993 (fax)
> San Francisco, CA  94110
> 
> 
> ----- End forwarded message -----
> 
> -- 
>
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>    FREE DMITRY SKLYAROV -- FBI has imprisioned a
> Russian software 
>    engineer for promoting and teaching the concept
> of "fair use".
> Read more:
>
http://www.eff.org/alerts/20010719_eff_sklyarov_alert.html
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> http://www.freesklyarov.org/ -- FREE DMITRY!
> sklyarov-chicago@ufo.chicago.il.us
>
http://ufo.chicago.il.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sklyarov-chicago

From pedro@tastytronic.net Thu, 26 Jul 2001 01:53:50 -0500
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 01:53:50 -0500
From: Peter A. Peterson II pedro@tastytronic.net
Subject: [sklyarov-chicago] 
[ssteele@eff.org: Re: Why Mueller?  Can You Say 'Pressure Point'?]

Quoting Michael Cannon:
> 2.  Where has all the money disbursed to the EFF for
> Dmitry's defense gone?  Why does Dmitry STILL have a
> public defender?  Why are we hearing nothing from the
> EFF?  Why is Nightline interviewing Cheney and not
> Marty or you?

We're not hearing anything from the EFF because a.) they are preparing
for meetings this Friday with the DoJ and b.) we are planning protests,
and they are not involved in the protests.

I am looking into answers regarding the issue of monies and defense. Did
you trust them until recently? Or why did you donate money to an
organization that you do not trust?

pedro

From korbomite@yahoo.com Thu, 26 Jul 2001 00:13:33 -0700 (PDT)
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 00:13:33 -0700 (PDT)
From: Michael Cannon korbomite@yahoo.com
Subject: Fwd: Re: [sklyarov-chicago] 
[ssteele@eff.org: Re: Why Mueller?  Can You Say 'Pressure Point'?]

1.  I contributed as I always do, through one of my
corporate accounts.

2.  You guys mentioned Sun Tzu, I just put 2+2
together and realized we were being spun.  Plus, I
went back to the 'rejectmueller.com' site and finally
caught on to the whole thing.  Mitch is up to his old
tricks, accompanied by a BUNCH of expensive Washington
insiders.

Mike
--- Michael Cannon <korbomite@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 00:04:35 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Michael Cannon <korbomite@yahoo.com>
> Subject: Re: [sklyarov-chicago] [ssteele@eff.org:
> Re: Why Mueller?  Can You Say 'Pressure Point'?]
> To: "Peter A. Peterson II" <pedro@tastytronic.net>
> 
> As a result of their correspondence, the
> 'rejectmueller.com site' has changed and may go
> black...you guys brought up Sun Tzu...I just put 2+@
> together and realized we wre being 'spun.'
> 
> Mike
> --- "Peter A. Peterson II" <pedro@tastytronic.net>
> wrote:
> > Quoting Michael Cannon:
> > > 2.  Where has all the money disbursed to the EFF
> > for
> > > Dmitry's defense gone?  Why does Dmitry STILL
> have
> > a
> > > public defender?  Why are we hearing nothing
> from
> > the
> > > EFF?  Why is Nightline interviewing Cheney and
> not
> > > Marty or you?
> > 
> > We're not hearing anything from the EFF because
> a.)
> > they are preparing
> > for meetings this Friday with the DoJ and b.) we
> are
> > planning protests,
> > and they are not involved in the protests.
> > 
> > I am looking into answers regarding the issue of
> > monies and defense. Did
> > you trust them until recently? Or why did you
> donate
> > money to an
> > organization that you do not trust?
> > 
> > pedro

From pedro@tastytronic.net Thu, 26 Jul 2001 02:29:02 -0500
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 02:29:02 -0500
From: Peter A. Peterson II pedro@tastytronic.net
Subject: Fwd: Re: [sklyarov-chicago] 
[ssteele@eff.org: Re: Why Mueller?  Can You Say 'Pressure Point'?]

Quoting Michael Cannon:
> 1.  I contributed as I always do, through one of my
> corporate accounts.

You didn't answer my question. Why do you donate money to an
organization whose intentions you do not trust?

> 2.  You guys mentioned Sun Tzu, I just put 2+2
> together and realized we were being spun.  Plus, I
> went back to the 'rejectmueller.com' site and finally
> caught on to the whole thing.  

What is "the whole thing"?

> Mitch is up to his old tricks, accompanied by a BUNCH of expensive
> Washington insiders.

What are Mitch's old tricks?

pedro

From korbomite@yahoo.com Thu, 26 Jul 2001 00:55:38 -0700 (PDT)
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 00:55:38 -0700 (PDT)
From: Michael Cannon korbomite@yahoo.com
Subject: Fwd: Re: [sklyarov-chicago] 
[ssteele@eff.org: Re: Why Mueller?  Can You Say 'Pressure Point'?]

1.  I trusted them at the time.

2.  Mitch Kapor has been at this for YEARS with no
forward momentum.  He's been colllecting money and the
laws are still on the books and DMITRY IS STILL IN
JAIL!!!  The 'whole thing'  is the idea of a 'stalking
horse (not Sun Tzu).'  The EFF is the cover for the
bread and circuses act, to show something is being
done to further 'the cause,' while inertia builds up
and the laws aren't challenged.  The EFF has been
ineffectual.  This is our best hope to keep the cause
in the spotlight and they're 'negotiating.'  Tomorrow
is TEN days.

In short, we're being spun by the very people who we
trust to act on our behalf.  The EFF lobbied the
'rejectmueller.com' folks to stop and redirect at an
ASSISTANT US Attorney, not the guy in charge! 
Conclusion:  Mueller is their guy, too.  Remember the
Wired article (link:
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,45522,00.html)

Here are some more about Mueller:

http://www.newsmakingnews.com/mueller2,9,00.htm

http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/1999/July/319dag.htm

When it comes to the DMCA, this guy is Ashcroft and
the AAP/MPAA/BSA 's dream boy!!!

NOTHING can get more press running to post to deadline
than a Cabinet confirmation (except for a Supreme
Court nomination) and the EFF is urging us to 'calm
down.'

We've accomplished more in three days than they have
in three years!  Adobe caved BEFORE the EFF meeting,
because of the threat of the boycott and the
demonstrations.  Go look at the dateline of the PR
release.  It takes DAYS to get that kind of release
out of a corp like Adobe...it was pre-prepared.  We
did it ALL!!!

PLEASE remember:  Dmitry NEVER had to go to jail. 
Adobe could have protested his entry visa a month
before DefCon 9 to the State Department and he never
would have been allowed in the country.  Instead,
Warnock and company lobbied Mueller (actually,
probably started with Ashcroft, but we'll NEVER prove
that without a LOT of FOIA paperwork) for his arrest,
rather than a writ of exclusion from the State
Department.

I'll keep repeating that, Peter until you see the REAL
tragedy here.  What I don't understand is why YOU are
so hesitant to go after a corporation and people like
Mueller.  They amke PERFECT targets to get the 'Joe
Six-Packs' up in arms.  Rich white geeks with
doctorates, and the FBI...that appeals across ALL
demographics.

Mike
--- "Peter A. Peterson II" <pedro@tastytronic.net>
wrote:
> Quoting Michael Cannon:
> > 1.  I contributed as I always do, through one of
> my
> > corporate accounts.
> 
> You didn't answer my question. Why do you donate
> money to an
> organization whose intentions you do not trust?
> 
> > 2.  You guys mentioned Sun Tzu, I just put 2+2
> > together and realized we were being spun.  Plus, I
> > went back to the 'rejectmueller.com' site and
> finally
> > caught on to the whole thing.  
> 
> What is "the whole thing"?
> 
> > Mitch is up to his old tricks, accompanied by a
> BUNCH of expensive
> > Washington insiders.
> 
> What are Mitch's old tricks?
> 
> pedro

From pedro@tastytronic.net Thu, 26 Jul 2001 10:12:28 -0500
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 10:12:28 -0500
From: Peter A. Peterson II pedro@tastytronic.net
Subject: Fwd: Re: [sklyarov-chicago] 
[ssteele@eff.org: Re: Why Mueller?  Can You Say 'Pressure Point'?]

Quoting Michael Cannon:
> 2.  Mitch Kapor has been at this for YEARS with no
> forward momentum.  He's been colllecting money and the
> laws are still on the books and DMITRY IS STILL IN
> JAIL!!!  The 'whole thing'  is the idea of a 'stalking
> horse (not Sun Tzu).'  The EFF is the cover for the
> bread and circuses act, to show something is being
> done to further 'the cause,' while inertia builds up
> and the laws aren't challenged.  The EFF has been
> ineffectual.  This is our best hope to keep the cause
> in the spotlight and they're 'negotiating.'  Tomorrow
> is TEN days.

I don't doubt that they could probably "do more." But I don't believe
that 10 days is a ridiculous amount of time for something like this to
be sorted out. IF the DoJ decides to release Dmitry, it was contingent
on Adobe's dropping the complaint. Regardless of whether Adobe had or
had not planned to do this in advance, the EFF had to be there to try to
make sure that happened.

> In short, we're being spun by the very people who we
> trust to act on our behalf.  The EFF lobbied the
> 'rejectmueller.com' folks to stop and redirect at an
> ASSISTANT US Attorney, not the guy in charge! 

I sincerely believe they think it is more useful to attack the assistant
attorney, as opposed to Mueller. THe example was given of pressure on
Louis Freeh in the late 90s re encryption versus Janet Reno, who was not
a useful target. Mueller will be confirmed if he was going to be
confirmed -- there is not time to stop that now. FOr that matter, we do
not know the facts wrt Mueller's involvement in this case. Isn't it
possible that the Asst. Attorney thought this would be a great case to
put under his belt and so he did it while Mueller was away? (The rookie
trying to bring down "something big"?) Because we _do not know the
facts_ regarding Mueller, protesting his involvement, or putting his
name on signs is risky and _unsupportable!_ Unless you can provide us
with documents that incontrovertably show that Mueller OKed this action,
I'M not going to protest him. And I'm not going to argue this point
anymore.


> Conclusion:  Mueller is their guy, too.

Anyone who's read up on Mueller I think knows that he's not a friend of
the EFF. I think that's a pretty wild and unsupportable claim, that
really doesn't jive when you place it next to the action record of the
EFF.

Remember the
> Wired article (link:
> http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,45522,00.html)
> 
> Here are some more about Mueller:
> 
> http://www.newsmakingnews.com/mueller2,9,00.htm
> 
> http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/1999/July/319dag.htm
> 
> When it comes to the DMCA, this guy is Ashcroft and
> the AAP/MPAA/BSA 's dream boy!!!

And he's *also* a friend of the EFF? No.

> NOTHING can get more press running to post to deadline
> than a Cabinet confirmation (except for a Supreme
> Court nomination) and the EFF is urging us to 'calm
> down.'

See above.

> We've accomplished more in three days than they have
> in three years!  Adobe caved BEFORE the EFF meeting,
> because of the threat of the boycott and the
> demonstrations.  Go look at the dateline of the PR
> release.  It takes DAYS to get that kind of release
> out of a corp like Adobe...it was pre-prepared.  We
> did it ALL!!!

I believe Adobe caved because they had nothing more to gain from Dmitry
being in prison. Also, it was a *joint* press release between the EFF
and Adobe. If it takes DAYS to do that, then the EFF is *completely* full
of bs and in cahoots with Adobe. Again, that does not make sense.


> PLEASE remember:  Dmitry NEVER had to go to jail. 
> Adobe could have protested his entry visa a month
> before DefCon 9 to the State Department and he never
> would have been allowed in the country.  Instead,
> Warnock and company lobbied Mueller (actually,
> probably started with Ashcroft, but we'll NEVER prove
> that without a LOT of FOIA paperwork) for his arrest,
> rather than a writ of exclusion from the State
> Department.

I agree with you here. It was despicable that Adobe chose to allow him
to come to the states in order to arrest him, rather than just keep him
out of the country. But this would not support Adobe's desire for
someone to squeeze (Dmitry). They let him come in, they didn't ask for a
writ of exclusion, because THEY WANTED TO ARREST HIM! It's SIMPLE! And
you say it yourself -- we can't prove they specifically and personally
lobbied Ashcroft; do we know that they actually got the green light from
Mueller? If we don't know that from a reliable printed source, I will
not make accusations about him, regardless of what I think of his
politics.

> I'll keep repeating that, Peter until you see the REAL
> tragedy here.  What I don't understand is why YOU are
> so hesitant to go after a corporation and people like
> Mueller.  They amke PERFECT targets to get the 'Joe
> Six-Packs' up in arms.  Rich white geeks with
> doctorates, and the FBI...that appeals across ALL
> demographics.

I won't "go after a corporation and people like Mueller" because we do
not know the TRUTH about what happened. We DO know that Dmitry is in
jail. We DO know the DMCA is a rotten piece of legislation. We DO know
that we can write to our representatives and make people squirm just by
being on the streets. I am not in the business of taking "perfect
targets" and slandering them with information that I CANNOT
SUBSTANTIATE. It's one thing to suggest that people boycott Adobe
because of their pro-DMCA stance. It's another thing to tell the world
about Mueller's involvement in the case based on speculation.

Unless you provide me with this information, I am not going to argue
about this any longer. We are wasting the groups time, tolerance, and
motivation. I appreciate your passion and enthusiasm, Mike. I don't know
if anyone else on the list has as much as you do. But I'm afraid you're
maybe jumping the gun.

Later today I'll be sending some information to the list regarding our
plans for this coming Monday the 30th. In short, we want to do a repeat
of Monday's leafletting with updated information wrt Adobe's withdrawing
their complaint. Our focus will be that there is now NOBODY involved
with this case that wants Dmitry in jail. Adobe made a pr coup by
withdrawing their complaint -- but we can use that same coup to show
that to prosecute Dmitry is not the right thing. It puts the burden back
on the federal government to act on the wishes of not only the
citizenry, but on the wishes of the corporation that put him there in
the first place.

I want to ask you to seriously consider coming back Monday (same time,
same place) to spread the word again. I'd also like to invite people to
start making signs now -- good looking, heavy duty signs. I'm going to
make a full "sandwich board" sign. I'll update the poster .jpg with some
new info, incorporating the rep. contact info as well as some urls for
people to follow up. (And an updated breif.) (Note: this is what the San
Francisco people are doing as well.)

I want to personally thank everyone who participated and everyone who's
found their way here. We have been a cog in the national theatre
regarding this incident, and I want to continue to move in the right
direction regarding it. We are members of a small community that are
trying to provide this man with his freedom; and that's no small thing.

Free Dmitry,

Peter

From korbomite@yahoo.com Thu, 26 Jul 2001 08:50:46 -0700 (PDT)
Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2001 08:50:46 -0700 (PDT)
From: Michael Cannon korbomite@yahoo.com
Subject: Fwd: Re: [sklyarov-chicago] 
[ssteele@eff.org: Re: Why Mueller?  Can You Say 'Pressure Point'?]

Wack a mole is fun.

Seeding division in the ranks of the enemy is fun.

The point now should be to pressure the EFF to keep
the pressure on Adobe, the DoJ and paid puppets of the
DMCA like SChroeder and Feinstein.

BTW, could someone send that girl from TechTV a 'Free
Dmitry' T-shirt?

Mike
--- "Peter A. Peterson II" <pedro@tastytronic.net>
wrote:
> Quoting Michael Cannon:
> > 2.  Mitch Kapor has been at this for YEARS with no
> > forward momentum.  He's been colllecting money and
> the
> > laws are still on the books and DMITRY IS STILL IN
> > JAIL!!!  The 'whole thing'  is the idea of a
> 'stalking
> > horse (not Sun Tzu).'  The EFF is the cover for
> the
> > bread and circuses act, to show something is being
> > done to further 'the cause,' while inertia builds
> up
> > and the laws aren't challenged.  The EFF has been
> > ineffectual.  This is our best hope to keep the
> cause
> > in the spotlight and they're 'negotiating.' 
> Tomorrow
> > is TEN days.
> 
> I don't doubt that they could probably "do more."
> But I don't believe
> that 10 days is a ridiculous amount of time for
> something like this to
> be sorted out. IF the DoJ decides to release Dmitry,
> it was contingent
> on Adobe's dropping the complaint. Regardless of
> whether Adobe had or
> had not planned to do this in advance, the EFF had
> to be there to try to
> make sure that happened.
> 
> > In short, we're being spun by the very people who
> we
> > trust to act on our behalf.  The EFF lobbied the
> > 'rejectmueller.com' folks to stop and redirect at
> an
> > ASSISTANT US Attorney, not the guy in charge! 
> 
> I sincerely believe they think it is more useful to
> attack the assistant
> attorney, as opposed to Mueller. THe example was
> given of pressure on
> Louis Freeh in the late 90s re encryption versus
> Janet Reno, who was not
> a useful target. Mueller will be confirmed if he was
> going to be
> confirmed -- there is not time to stop that now. FOr
> that matter, we do
> not know the facts wrt Mueller's involvement in this
> case. Isn't it
> possible that the Asst. Attorney thought this would
> be a great case to
> put under his belt and so he did it while Mueller
> was away? (The rookie
> trying to bring down "something big"?) Because we
> _do not know the
> facts_ regarding Mueller, protesting his
> involvement, or putting his
> name on signs is risky and _unsupportable!_ Unless
> you can provide us
> with documents that incontrovertably show that
> Mueller OKed this action,
> I'M not going to protest him. And I'm not going to
> argue this point
> anymore.
> 
> 
> > Conclusion:  Mueller is their guy, too.
> 
> Anyone who's read up on Mueller I think knows that
> he's not a friend of
> the EFF. I think that's a pretty wild and
> unsupportable claim, that
> really doesn't jive when you place it next to the
> action record of the
> EFF.
> 
> Remember the
> > Wired article (link:
> >
>
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,45522,00.html)
> > 
> > Here are some more about Mueller:
> > 
> > http://www.newsmakingnews.com/mueller2,9,00.htm
> > 
> > http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/1999/July/319dag.htm
> > 
> > When it comes to the DMCA, this guy is Ashcroft
> and
> > the AAP/MPAA/BSA 's dream boy!!!
> 
> And he's *also* a friend of the EFF? No.
> 
> > NOTHING can get more press running to post to
> deadline
> > than a Cabinet confirmation (except for a Supreme
> > Court nomination) and the EFF is urging us to
> 'calm
> > down.'
> 
> See above.
> 
> > We've accomplished more in three days than they
> have
> > in three years!  Adobe caved BEFORE the EFF
> meeting,
> > because of the threat of the boycott and the
> > demonstrations.  Go look at the dateline of the PR
> > release.  It takes DAYS to get that kind of
> release
> > out of a corp like Adobe...it was pre-prepared. 
> We
> > did it ALL!!!
> 
> I believe Adobe caved because they had nothing more
> to gain from Dmitry
> being in prison. Also, it was a *joint* press
> release between the EFF
> and Adobe. If it takes DAYS to do that, then the EFF
> is *completely* full
> of bs and in cahoots with Adobe. Again, that does
> not make sense.
> 
> 
> > PLEASE remember:  Dmitry NEVER had to go to jail. 
> > Adobe could have protested his entry visa a month
> > before DefCon 9 to the State Department and he
> never
> > would have been allowed in the country.  Instead,
> > Warnock and company lobbied Mueller (actually,
> > probably started with Ashcroft, but we'll NEVER
> prove
> > that without a LOT of FOIA paperwork) for his
> arrest,
> > rather than a writ of exclusion from the State
> > Department.
> 
> I agree with you here. It was despicable that Adobe
> chose to allow him
> to come to the states in order to arrest him, rather
> than just keep him
> out of the country. But this would not support
> Adobe's desire for
> someone to squeeze (Dmitry). They let him come in,
> they didn't ask for a
> writ of exclusion, because THEY WANTED TO ARREST
> HIM! It's SIMPLE! And
> you say it yourself -- we can't prove they
> specifically and personally
> lobbied Ashcroft; do we know that they actually got
> the green light from
> Mueller? If we don't know that from a reliable
> printed source, I will
> not make accusations about him, regardless of what I
> think of his
> politics.
> 
> > I'll keep repeating that, Peter until you see the
> REAL
> > tragedy here.  What I don't understand is why YOU
> are
> > so hesitant to go after a corporation and people
> like
> > Mueller.  They amke PERFECT targets to get the
> 'Joe
> > Six-Packs' up in arms.  Rich white geeks with
> > doctorates, and the FBI...that appeals across ALL
> > demographics.
> 
> I won't "go after a corporation and people like
> Mueller" because we do
> not know the TRUTH about what happened. We DO know
> that Dmitry is in
> jail. We DO know the DMCA is a rotten piece of
> legislation. We DO know
> that we can write to our representatives and make
> people squirm just by
> being on the streets. I am not in the business of
> taking "perfect
> targets" and slandering them with information that I
> CANNOT
> SUBSTANTIATE. It's one thing to suggest that people
> boycott Adobe
> because of their pro-DMCA stance. It's another thing
> to tell the world
> about Mueller's involvement in the case based on
> speculation.
> 
> Unless you provide me with this information, I am
> not going to argue
> about this any longer. We are wasting the groups
> time, tolerance, and
> motivation. I appreciate your passion and
> enthusiasm, Mike. I don't know
> if anyone else on the list has as much as you do.
> But I'm afraid you're
> maybe jumping the gun.
> 
> Later today I'll be sending some information to the
> list regarding our
> 
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