Re: [IFWP] Joe Sims' confession

[Kent Crispin <kent@songbird.com>]

On Thu, May 20, 1999 at 01:29:54AM -0400, Michael Sondow wrote:
> On November 11, 1998, Joe Sims, attorney to ICANN, confessed to
> having committed perjury before the elected representatives of the
> American people, in a written and signed affidavit to the U.S. House
> of Representatives Committee on Science. 

You have really gone off the deep end.

> This is his statement, written by him in the third person in an
> attempt to distance himself from his own culpability: "The final
> decisions on who should be invited to serve as interim At Large
> Board members were made by Dr. Postel, after receiving comments,
> suggestions, and advice from a wide range of individuals and groups
> (not named [ed.]). At his direction, Mr. Sims contacted each of them
> to invite them to be included in the interim group of At Large Board
> members to be proposed to the Department of Commerce."

Note very carefully that the above statement does not in any way
preclude the possibility that other contacts were made before Joe
Sims', and in fact, given the nature of the search, such contacts
were certainly made.  The above statement confirms that Joe Sims made
the formal invitation, as would be completely appropriate.  And the
statement is, in fact, completely consistent with the testimony given
to congress.

The only question left to ponder, Mr Sondow, is who is paying you 
for this?

-- 
Kent Crispin                               "Do good, and you'll be
kent@songbird.com                           lonesome." -- Mark Twain