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To: Little Joe who wrote (29606)	3/19/2003 11:53:57 AM
From: shadowman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 36161

LJ... It's not only liberals who object to some of the recent suggestions by the government to "give up a little on the privacy issue". Pre-9-11 (December 21, 1999) Steve Forbes last week accused the administration of drafting regulations that would allow the government to violate individuals' medical records privacy. He also stated that "the biggest and most serious threat to our privacy comes from a massive federal government ..." This runs counter to the school of thought that it is corporations, not the government, that pose the bigger privacy problem. Protecting privacy is neither an intense nor partisan issue in Washington politics. However, there are some patterns. Generally, Republicans and conservatives who take an interest in protecting privacy see government as the larger threat. In contrast, Democrats and liberals who take an interest in privacy tend to see businesses as the greater threat. techlawjournal.com freedomwriter.com Bill Safire..not exactly your garden variety lefty.<g> tanbou.com I think there' some truth to arguments made by conservatives pre-9-11 that Democrats were more interested in privacy infringements involving corporations or big business, while Republicans have historically been far more concerned about government infringement on citizen's privacy. Granted 9-11 has something to do with positions shifting, but I also think that who happens to sit in the white house (which party) has a little to do with it also. Politics colors the issue to some extent.(an under statement)<g>