Time: Fri Nov 01 13:22:48 1996
To: Bill Utterback <butterb@connecti.com>
From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: Re: Roger Cravens
Cc:
Bcc: Nancy Lord
Dear Bill,
If you knew what I know about
the CDC, you would not have
written what you did, in my
opinion. Have you heard about
the "Cancer Industry"?
/s/ Paul Mitchell
At 01:42 PM 11/1/96 -0600, you wrote:
>Paul:
>
>I agree that Roger was out of line to add you to his mailing list
>and perhaps was slower than he should have been to remove your
>address after you requested that be done.
And I am still waiting
for an answer to my
polite request for information
about his authority for using
CDC resources to do what he does.
You should also know that I have
stopped reading his posts,
although I am not ready to delete
all of them, so I am not likely
to read the answer at any time
in the near future, because I
thought it was a reasonable
question which deserved a prompt
answer. Same old same old:
lack of government accountability.
/s/ Paul Mitchell
>
>However, Roger performs a valuable patriot information service on
>the net (using a CDC computer on his own time.)
I am sorry, but I do not believe
this statement.
Whether it is "valuable" or not
is completely beside the point.
"Valuable" in your mind may not
be "valuable" in someone else's
mind. I am seeking the CDC's
authority to allocate office
space, equipment, electricity,
and so on, for partisan political
purposes.
Something that
>you have done or something that Roger thinks you have done has
>caused Roger to think that you are on a campaign to cause him
>problems on the job relative to his patriot use of the computer.
I am not on a "campaign."
Does Roger have reason to be
so nervous?
I did ask a reasonable question
about the funding source for
his "patriot" activities,
and he never answered, as
far as I can tell. If he is
doing "patriot" work with CDC
computers, I want to see the
authority for same, going back
to the Act(s) of Congress and
beyond (i.e. the Constitution).
>
>I think this is his imagination
Not entirely, unless he failed
to read my question about the
authority for his spending CDC
resources to do what he does.
At the University of California,
the overhead factor was 200%, to
cover utilities, janitors, soap
in the bathrooms, and so on.
So, to say that he is doing it
"on his own time" does not address
the broader question: who authorized
him to utilize CDC computers to
perform these functions, and why
is he not doing it on his home computer,
where it would be entirely more
appropriate?
The larger question is this:
given the high volume of email which he
forwards to several "patriot" email
lists, just how much of his time is
spent screening his incoming mail, in order
to decide which, if any, of the income
messages he will or will not forward
to those lists? I don't care if the research
is politically "perfect", whatever that is.
There are laws against using federal funds
for political purposes. Just check with
the Post Office, if you don't believe me.
/s/ Paul Mitchell
and I think that you have better
>things to do than engage in patriot family feuds because of a
>misunderstanding.
I have nothing better to do than
to prevent widespread federal government
abuse of the money they routinely extort
from the American People, under color of law.
At least, that is part of my professional
mission; my private life is just that --
private.
If my perception is correct, would you please -
>as a favor to me - send me a statement that this misunderstanding
>with Roger is history and it is not your intention to cause him
>any problems?
I can not do that, because it
is not "history," and the CDC
is still high up on my "most wanted"
list, if you know what I mean.
If you would like more information
about CDC, I can supply it to you.
The CDC is not what it appears to be
on the surface.
>
>I'll forward that statement to Roger so that he can get on with
>his life without worrying about you.
You do not have my permission
to foward this email to Roger.
This is a private communication
between me and you. Privacy
is a fundamental Right, as
declared by Congress in 5 USC 552
et seq. Check it out.
Americans seem to have lost total
sight of the principle of privacy.
/s/ Paul Mitchell
>
>Thanks,
>Bill
>
>
>
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