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[deirdre@cdt.org (Deirdre Mulligan)]

        I was pleased that Jamie acknowledged that both the NYT and the WP
have endorsed the Bennett-Leahy bill.  Their endorsements, similar to CDT's
and other organizaitons' position on the bill, recognize that we have a
huge gap in current privacy protection; and that while it should be
strengthened, the Bennett-Leahy bill is worth supporting and moving.  

        On the issue of funding, CDT has been, and will continue to be,
open and up-front about our funders.  We receive funding from a wide cross
section of the information, computer and communications industry, and from
foundations and individuals.  To advance our civil liberties agenda more
effectively, CDT builds coalitions around specific issues between the
public interest community and industry.  

        I hope that we can continue a discussion of S. 1360 -- on the
merits.  I think the rest of the points I would make here have been made
earlier and more eloquently by Stanton.

Deirdre K. Mulligan
Staff Counsel
Center for Democracy and Technology
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