Stephen Soghoian on U.S. Gov't Attitudes Toward Tor

[Michael Holstein]

> What about the Department of the Navy that initially funded it?  I
> wonder if it was pointed out in these meeting that it was the DoD that
> wanted this in the first place through the Office of Naval Research
> and DARPA?

Simple. It's okay for them to be sneaky to avoid *US* (the citizens) 
from knowing what they're up to, but *NOT* okay when we try to hide from 
them.

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It's the .. "you shouldn't mind if we're listening if you don't have 
something to hide..." mentality that I've been told from many an $agency.
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Keep in mind these are the same folks that think we should keep 
subscriber records for 3 years (and give them a key to our wiring 
closets) but stall like crazy when they get a FOIA request.

~Mike.