Return-Path: <sentto-279987-3493-1004131418-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Fri, 26 Oct 2001 14:25:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 14812 invoked by uid 510); 26 Oct 2001 21:23:01 -0000 Received: from n25.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.75) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 26 Oct 2001 21:23:01 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-3493-1004131418-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.55] by n25.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 26 Oct 2001 21:23:32 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_0_1); 26 Oct 2001 21:23:37 -0000 Received: (qmail 88130 invoked from network); 26 Oct 2001 21:23:37 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by l9.egroups.com with QMQP; 26 Oct 2001 21:23:37 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta3 with SMTP; 26 Oct 2001 21:23:37 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id f9QKu7f22930 for iwar@onelist.com; Fri, 26 Oct 2001 13:56:07 -0700 Message-Id: <200110262056.f9QKu7f22930@red.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 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet 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: Fri, 26 Oct 2001 13:56:07 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:Anti-Terrorist.Bill.Broadens.Scope.of.Email.Searches] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Anti-Terrorist Bill Broadens Scope of Email Searches By Roy Mark President George W. Bush signed legislation this morning that gives law enforcement officials powerful and controversial new powers -- including the most far reaching invasion of Internet privacy yet -- to combat terrorism. The bill becomes law immediately and a tough talking United States Attorney General John Ashcroft said he will begin implementing it within the hour. In addition to expanded authority to tap telephones and share heretofore secret grand jury testimony, the legislation also makes it easier for federal authorities to get court approval to track email used by suspected terrorists. Under the now old law, the FBI and other law enforcement officials seeking to track the email of an individual had to prove to a judge "probable cause" of a crime existed. Under the legislation signed by Bush, authorities now only have to prove to a judge that the probe is "relative" to a criminal investigation. Once that approval is obtained, authorities are allowed to use tracking technology that monitors all the traffic of an Internet service provider used by the target of the investigation. The Senate passed the bill by a vote of 98 to 1. The House vote was 357 to 66 in favor of the legislation. The law still requires a wiretap order to actually read the email of individual, but privacy advocates are concerned that the court approved ability to read an email address, subject line and URL is tantamount to actually reading the email itself and circumvents the need for a wiretap order. The only compromise between the House and Senate versions of the bill imposes a four-year limit on the new legislation. Shortly before the legislation was passed on Thursday, Ashcroft told a gathering of U.S. mayors in Washington, D.C., that the FBI and Justice Department officials would use the new legislation to seek "every prosecutorial advantage." He said he would propagate new guidelines to the FBI and Department of Justice officials "immediately" after the legislation is signed by Bush that allows them to begin using the broader authority granted in the bill. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Pinpoint the right security solution for your company- Learn how to add 128- bit encryption and to authenticate your web site with VeriSign's FREE guide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/yQix2C/33_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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