for 11 December 2000. Updated every WEEKDAY.

Tim Cavanaugh
Special Guest Editor

Terry Colon
Art Director

Heather Havrilesky
Senior Editor

Joey Anuff
Publisher

"They consider that quiet thump-thump-thump in the distance as either Thomas Jefferson rolling over in his grave or J. Edgar Hoover whacking off in his."

Now that, sir, is a good line.

Will Forster

You can never go wrong with the mental image of high-level government officials masturbating.

I wonder where Hoover stuck his cigars.

Greg Knauss

Great piece again today on Carnivore.

My favorite bit of foolishness is the British plan to keep a 7-year archive of all of the communication on the web. You never know when it could come in handy. Talk about a waste of time and money. James Bond didn't spend his time in the bookstore and the post office trying to write down every single bit of data that the world read. Nope. He went to the embassy party where the decisions were being made.

Peter Wayner
<pcw@flyzone.com>

Actually, it's good to see the British government picking up where Deja News left off. And, jeez, now's a great time to invest in hard drive manufacturers, too.

Or maybe it's just a plot by Prince Charles to archive his porn.

Greg Knauss

Hi Greg,

I just wanted to let you know that I think you were wrong on a few facts in your article entitled, Toothless, on the FBIs Carnivore system.