FC: Washington Post op-ed calls for expanding Echelon, Carnivore

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

From Sunday's Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10867-2001Jun2.html
Cause for Alarm  (lead op-ed)
By Ruth Wedgwood
...We need to have a serious discussion about some of the tensions between 
data privacy protection and effective counterterrorism. The Foreign 
Intelligence Surveillance Act allows liberal monitoring of foreign powers 
operating in the United States. But difficulty arises when foreign 
governments or terrorist groups involve American citizens, who have far 
greater rights of privacy. Public concern about the government's ability to 
monitor electronic data transmission is a testament to our high 
expectations as citizens. But it is also necessary to give a fair hearing 
to the idea that some forms of targeted surveillance -- such as the 
controversial Echelon and Carnivore technologies -- may be essential in 
counterterrorism....

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13549-2001Jun2.html
NSA Plans To Close Listening Station
The National Security Agency announced last week that it plans to close a 
huge eavesdropping station in Bad Aibling, Germany, by September 2002 and 
tran7sfer all military personnel working there to other facilities...
(Politech article from Friday: http://www.politechbot.com/p-02088.html)

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13423-2001Jun2.html
High Speed, Higher Fees for Net Access  (lead business section story)
...The rising prices are rekindling debate over the federal government's 
decision to deregulate the telecommunications industry and not intervene in 
the Internet marketplace. Concern also is growing over whether the expense 
will widen the gap between those who have access to the Internet and those 
who do not -- a worry because using the global computer network is fast 
becoming part of everyday life. Governments and businesses are putting more 
and more of their operations online, as are a variety of cultural 
institutions. Meanwhile, entertainment companies and others are preparing 
to roll out new online music, video and other data-rich services....




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