From: Jonah Bossewitch <jb2410@columbia.edu>
  To  : <cpc@emoglen.law.columbia.edu>
  Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 14:02:35 -0500

anticipating book tours

I don't know if anyone will be near Princeton on Tuesday, but it's only 
about an hour away on NJ Transit:

"Preventing Surprise Attacks: Intelligence Reform in the Wake of 9/11" 
Tuesday, March 8, 2005, 4:30 p.m., Judge Richard A. Posner
http://www.princeton.edu/~lapa/

Looks like Judge Posner is about to publish a book relating to many of the 
topics we are discussing:

Organizing to Anticipate and Defeat Surprise Attacks (unpublished,  January 
2005)
http://www.law.uchicago.edu/faculty/posner-r/ppw.html#books

I wasn't able to find a summary of his book yet, but I am wary of the 
counterarguments he might present favoring security.

In a recent opinion, Posner differentiated between anonymity and privacy
http://cnnstudentnews.cnn.com/2004/LAW/03/31/dorf.privacy/
http://lawgeek.typepad.com/lawgeek/2004/03/judge_posner_sk.html
http://www.corante.com/copyfight/archives/002743.html

I think this might be an interesting thread to pick up in class.

In particular, his recognition that:
skillful "Googlers," sifting the information contained in the medical 
records concerning each patient's medical and sex history, will put two and 
two together, "out" the 45 women, and thereby expose them to threats, 
humiliation, and obloquy.

reinforces the idea that these privacy/anonymity issues extend beyond the 
govt showing up at your door with assault rifles, or corporations spamming 
you incessantly.

enjoy,
/Jonah


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