Return-Path: <sentto-279987-2304-1001359249-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Mon, 24 Sep 2001 12:22:11 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 31426 invoked by uid 510); 24 Sep 2001 19:21:10 -0000 Received: from n13.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.63) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 24 Sep 2001 19:21:10 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-2304-1001359249-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.55] by jj.egroups.com with NNFMP; 24 Sep 2001 19:20:49 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_2_2); 24 Sep 2001 19:20:48 -0000 Received: (qmail 9243 invoked from network); 24 Sep 2001 19:19:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by l9.egroups.com with QMQP; 24 Sep 2001 19:19:19 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta3 with SMTP; 24 Sep 2001 19:19:19 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id MAA06066 for iwar@onelist.com; Mon, 24 Sep 2001 12:19:16 -0700 Message-Id: <200109241919.MAA06066@big.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 12:19:16 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:Congress.weighs.antiterrorist.surveillance.measures] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Congress weighs antiterrorist surveillance measures IDG, By Jennifer Jones http://www.idg.net/go.cgi?id=555851 LAWMAKERS ARE REPORTEDLY reviewing drafts of the Antiterrorism Act of 2001, a legislative package containing measures for increased electronic surveillance that have triggered resistance from privacy groups and others. The Department of Justice assembled the proposal -- now posted on several Web sites -- in the wake of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. "I'm optimistic that we will be able to act quickly to provide law enforcement with the additional tools that are necessary to fight terrorism," said Attorney General John Ashcroft in remarks made while his department was still crafting the legislation. Specifics of the package include changes in areas such as seizure of voice mail messages, interception of "computer trespasser" communications, along with changes to wiretap laws. In his briefings on the legislation, Ashcroft chose to highlight a measure that would let law enforcement obtain "wiretap authority for an individual" instead of a phone number. "You understand that assigning the authority only to the hardware means that when a person changes hardware, we lose our capacity to surveil," Ashcroft said. But also included in the proposed package is a change to existing laws around a service provider's disclosure of customers' electronic communications to law enforcement. Under the antiterrorism package, the provider would make such disclosures "if the provider reasonably believes that an emergency involving immediate danger of death or serious physical injury to any person requires disclosure of the information without delay," reads the draft legislation. A PDF of the legislation is featured on a privacy-related Web site www.epic.org, run by the Washington group, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC). EPIC and others have said that the use of FBI's Carnivore system is central to the antiterrorism package. Carnivore is a filtering system placed in an ISP to monitor traffic. In response to the legislation, several civil liberties groups together with some religious and consumer entities banded together to warn lawmakers to go slow on the surveillance changes. "We need to consider proposals calmly and deliberately with a determination not to erode the liberties and freedoms that are at the core of the American way of life," reads a statement offered on behalf of 150 groups, 300 law professors, and 40 computer scientists. Those supporters gathered Thursday in Washington to issue a 10-point declaration titled "In Defense of Freedom." Participating groups included the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), National Lawyers Guild, Net Action, and EPIC. While privacy groups reacted strongly, at least some corporations voiced initial support for stepped up surveillance measures. "I think there may be some backlash and concerns from citizens and companies. But the need for privacy right now should not be confused with interference with legitimate law enforcement," said Eytan Urbas, vice president of marketing for Santa Clara, Calif.-based Mailshell. Urbas continued that the "lines of privacy change" and that initial tolerance for heightened surveillance is akin to "people's increased willingness to subject themselves to searches in airports now." But groups including the ACLU have immediately taken a harder line, saying that the Justice Department and FBI already have broad powers in that area, specifically that judges seldom refuse wiretap requests. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Get your FREE VeriSign guide to security solutions for your web site: encrypting transactions, securing intranets, and more! http://us.click.yahoo.com/XrFcOC/m5_CAA/yigFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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