[WSIS CS-Plenary] ALERT: new "terrorist" paragraph 50bis introduced

[james.archibald at staff.mcgill.ca]

Dear Rick,

As in all cases, definitions are a key issue.  As yet, there is no universally
acceptable definition of certain basic terms relative to the security debat, to
wit: "terrorism". We should proceed with all care as you suggest below; however,
that does not relieve states of their responsibilities as described by Clarke.

Regards,

J. Archibald
Quoting Richard Vincent <cmvince at isugw.indstate.edu>:

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> Archibald,
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> I agree with you in part regarding general security matters and governments.
> Yes, security is important but here we are talking about mixing security
> issues with restraints on freedom of expression that may be too easy to
> ultimately abuse.  The dangers are too great without specific safeguards
> built into the document.  I will echo Laina's comments from another recent
> message that all of this is very precarious.  I do not believe this issue
> should be considered if an intelligent and thorough discussion cannot be
> staged.  I would agree with Laina that this may have to be tabled at this
> point in time.
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> Rick
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