As blatant stalling tactics go, this one doesn't even reach the level of creative. President Clinton, a master at spotting what voters care about and then getting in front of a wave, has been moving to the right side of the privacy debate. We haven't heard much from Al Gore or George W. Bush on this. The candidate who grasps people's unease about our increasingly transparent lives will win some extra votes in November. Dan Gillmor's column appears each Sunday, Tuesday and Friday.
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