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FC: Posting reports on chemical plants soon a crime?

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Date:          Wed, 10 Feb 1999 08:45:19 -0500
To:            politech@vorlon.mit.edu
From:          Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
Subject:       FC: Posting reports on chemical plants soon a crime?
Reply-to:      declan@well.com

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http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/17841.html

                     Chemical Plants Under Wraps
                     by Declan McCullagh 

                     3:00 a.m.  10.Feb.99.PST
                     WASHINGTON -- Claiming terrorists could
                     "obtain all this potentially dangerous
                     information," the chairman of the House
                     Commerce committee said Tuesday he
                     wants to make it unlawful to publish
                     reports about chemical-plant safety on
                     the Internet. 

                     "I don't think that we can go too far to
                     prevent terrorism," said Tom Bliley, a
                     Virginia Republican. 

                     [...]



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