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Re: [privacy] Bush Asks Congress to Alter 1978 Eavesdropping Law
From: "Dude VanWinkle" <dudevanwinkle () gmail com>
Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 20:57:46 -0400
ferg: you missed some meat in your quote: --------------- It also shields companies against legal liabilities if they participate in "lawful" eavesdropping activities. Major telecommunications companies accused of participating in the NSA spying program have faced federal lawsuits charging involvement in illegal espionage. --------------- aka: get out of jail free card for at&t O_o -JP On 4/13/07, Fergie <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Via The Boston Globe (Reuters). [snip] The Bush administration asked Congress on Friday to expand the number of people it can subject to electronic surveillance in the United States. The request was contained in a proposed bill authored by intelligence and Justice Department officials that also protects companies that cooperate with spy operations. Legislation submitted a week ahead of a Senate hearing on government surveillance practices calls for the 1978 law that governs eavesdropping operations to be updated to combat the threat from Islamist militants who use computer and wireless technology that did not exist in the 1970s. [snip] More: http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2007/04/13/bush_asks_ congress_to_alter_1978_eavesdropping_law/ - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.6.0 (Build 214) wj8DBQFGH/fJq1pz9mNUZTMRArTjAKCRgEzDR098or0cSeKI4iKYF7qsJwCg9FhZ rq/vMVZOZba3mCYAwlJQlm4= =AFmd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ privacy mailing list privacy () whitestar linuxbox org http://www.whitestar.linuxbox.org/mailman/listinfo/privacy
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