David Touretzky created a website, hosted by Carnegie Mellon University, containing instructions on how to build bombs. In reference to his bomb website Touretzky had the following discussion with Barbara Graham.
Barbara Graham: “What was the purpose in mirroring the site?”
David Touretzky: “I discuss that in detail on the web site. Basically, the purpose was to allow people to read the material and decide for themselves if the government acted reasonably. The mirror also points out the sillyness of this law, since I can have the very same bomb-making info on MY web site and not face any legal penalties. So because of this, I got to have a nice chat with CMU’s new legal counsel. … Terrorism is in fashion these days.”