Re: I've wondered if the DOJ suit is being carried out by an

[Tod Landis <landis@cruzio.com>]

I wondered the same thing.  There are earlier postings to this list
that raised concerns about Joel Klein's appointment as the current 
head of the DOJ anti-trust division.  (Senator Kerry raised concerns 
at his appointment hearing)  There is also information
about the 1995 "restructuring" of the DOJ anti-trust division after
the 1994 GOP takeover of Congress.

Unfortunately, the am-info list archive isn't structured in a way 
that makes it easy to find this material.  The archive is here:
  http://www.essential.org/listproc/am-info/

Tod Landis

Doug Jenkins wrote:
> 
> I've wondered if the DOJ suit is being carried out by an acting troupe with little intent to carry out anything effectual to curb ms. It's my hope that the states will accomplish something where the DOJ only pretends to want to.
> 
> Doug Jenkins
> 
> CAB wrote:
> I'm amazed that the first consent decree, about windows as an OS (and
> its subsequent iterations), is not being discussed. The states are under
> less pressure from the OEMs than the federal government. Look at the
> cognitive dissonance here. DOJ is against the industry regarding
> encryption, so it can 'leverage' its antitrust position with the same
> corporations that need encryption and a less onerous OS licensing
> scheme. Its hard to let Janet Reno be a champion of antitrust, while she
> is busy dismantling the ability to have financial and personal
> communications, free from government surveillance.
> 
> Ms. Reno has made a reputation of pleasing no one. There is little good
> will generating from the DOJ regarding the hard issues of privacy,
> encryption, secured transactions, and essential facilities of
> telephones, computers, and CATV. With these industries pressuring her on
> a daily basis, her attitude towards all things digital appears to become
> little more than a series of contradictory press releases.
> 
> The states have the same evidence. They can bring it out, in the same
> manner that they did regarding tobacco.
> 
> Hercules had to do more than cut off the heads of Hydra, he had to keep
> them from regrowing.
> 
> CAB