The EFF Acquires the US Department of Justice

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(From eff.org)

The EFF Acquires the US Department of Justice
April 1, 2004

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is merging with the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) in a stock-swap deal that will create a freedom advocacy giant better able to compete with the ACLU, the current industry leader.

Shari Steele, Executive Director & President of the EFF, will retain her position in the new expanded organization. John Ashcroft, the DOJ's Attorney General, will take up a new position in the EFF's Department of Office Supply Security.

"At a particularly challenging time for the Defense of Freedoms industry, this combination vaults us into a leadership role with customers and partners," said Steele.

"Yes," said Ashcroft, "it's true. I will be in charge of staples. And tape. Especially duct tape."