[declan]

tptacek: Two points. First, if an employee has a history of writing bad code, you may scrutinize their efforts more closely in the future. Same with Congress. I was making a historical point for context that based on rdl's mention below.

Second, I'm not aware that anything ACLU EFF EPIC said that's intentionally false re: CISPA. As you correctly say, other groups may not be as careful (although even then, you could have unintentional falsehoods, and I rarely like to speculate about motives).

[tptacek]

How many of the names on CISPA were in Congress for Clipper? Answer: Frank LoBiondo. That's it, out of a long list of names. Congress is not one monolithic thing.