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John Gilmore Sues Ashcroft et al. for Freedom to Travel

Posted by chrisd on from the let-me-see-your-papers dept.

ChTom writes "John Gilmore initiated a federal suit today in CA Northern District against Ashcroft, et al, challenging the air travel ID requirement: http://cryptome.org/freetotravel.htm (Mr. Gilmore is a businessman, civil libertarian, and philanthropist. He was the fifth employee of Sun Microsystems, an early author of open source software, and co-creator of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, the Cypherpunks, the DES Cracker, and the Internet's "alt" newsgroups. He serves as a director on several for-profit and nonprofit boards. )"

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  1. Re:Hello by poopbot by SpacePunk · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    I see that all rumors of the death of Dada are premature.

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  2. Re:Nyet! by wdr1 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Do you have over 1000 [slashdot.org] comments? Why Not?

    Quality over quantity?

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  3. Sue Microsoft instead.......... by Ride-My-Rocket · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    For the right of users to install patches without having to accept EULAs that don't apply to the OS whatsoever.