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On his blog Schneier comments that this meeting was kept small on purpose. I wanted to see who was present at this meeting so I looked up some of their information. Not hard to find, but here you go. I plan on emailing each of them and thanking them for consulting someone the tech industry considers a Security SME.

Rep. Logfren (Democratic) http://lofgren.house.gov/biography/ Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoe_Lofgren

Rep. Sensenbrenner (Republican) http://sensenbrenner.house.gov/biography/ Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Sensenbrenner

Rep. Scott (Democratic) http://www.bobbyscott.house.gov/biography/ Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Scott_%28U.S._politician%...

Rep. Goodlate (Republican) http://goodlatte.house.gov/pages/about-bob Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Goodlatte

Rep Thompson (Democratic) http://mikethompson.house.gov/biography/ Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Thompson_(California_polit...

Rep. Amash (Republican) http://amash.house.gov/about-me/full-biography Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Amash

Edit: Cleaned up one of the links and got rid of a repetitive sentence.



(If you use Facebook) I recommend following Rep. Amash as he explains every one of his votes in a status update. It's a great way to stay informed, and he actually approaches his decisions with sensible reasoning you'll enjoy (regardless of your political leanings).


Wow that's really amazing. I really like this approach because it's transparent and really feels like he's representing his Michiganites.

So often when I email my reps about their decisions I get canned response that don't answer the question, but Justin really does explain it.


Nit: Michiganders.


https://www.facebook.com/repjustinamash


Thanks so much for sharing that. I'm pretty liberal, but it was awesome to read his explanations. Concise and considered.


I'm not American, but I follow Amash. Voluntary transparency in a politician is a wonderful thing.


Thank you for providing this info, I'll be doing the same. I'm glad to see my district representative was in attendance.


I had to look it up. SME: Subject Matter Expert


I emailed all of them I could. Unfortunately, Sensenbrenner, Thompson, and Amash refuse to accept email from outside their districts.


I hope the Senate follows suit.


s/gf/fg/


Personally the fact that your spam links to the legislators wikipedia pages is top on HN shows that 1) you have nothing to say on the subject, 2) you are a spammer, and 3) that you are probably a complete idiot who could give a shit about the topic and 4) that HN is a complete fucking waste of time with people like you posting in the comments.


Unlike your comment which was a true beacon of light in the darkness that is HN.


And we have yet to hear what you, oh great one, have to say on the subject yourself.




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