------------------------------------------------------------------- "We need commonsense judges who understand that our rights were derived from God," - President George W. Bush, 27 June 2002 http://www.nandotimes.com/politics/story/448758p-3591873c.html What if he had said, "our rights are derived from Vishnu?" ------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 08:03:57 -0400 From: Matthew McGehrin To: random@codefab.com Subject: [Random] Fw: [ISN] Feds may require all email to be kept by ISP's ----- Original Message ----- From: "InfoSec News" To: Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 5:34 AM Subject: [ISN] Feds may require all email to be kept by ISP's > http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,56443,00.html > > Friday, June 28, 2002 > By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos > > WASHINGTON - It may sound like a plot device for a futuristic movie, > but the federal government may not be far from forcing Internet > service providers to keep copies of all e-mail exchanges in the > interest of homeland security. > > The White House denied a Washington Post report Thursday alleging that > the Al Qaeda terrorist network is working on using online and stored > data to disrupt the workings of power grids, air traffic towers, dams, > and other infrastructure. But a White House official did acknowledge > that Al Qaeda has an interest in developing such abilities. > > And it's that interest that has technology circles wondering if the > federal government is going to follow the European Union's lead in > passing legislation that would allow the government to mine data on > customers saved by ISPs. > > Last month, the European Union passed a resolution that would require > all ISPs to store for up to seven years e-mail message headers, > Web-surfing histories, chat logs, pager records, phone and fax > connections, passwords, and more. > > Already, Germany, France, Belgium, and Spain have drafted laws that > comply with the directive. Technology experts say the U.S. federal > government may try to do the same thing using the vast law enforcement > allowances provided under the USA Patriot Act. > > "They drafted the Patriot Act to lower all of the thresholds for the > invasion of privacy," said Gene Riccoboni, a New York-based Internet > lawyer who said he has found loopholes in the anti-terror legislation > that could open up the possibility for an EU-style data retention > provision. > > Under the Patriot Act signed into law in October, law enforcement > needs as little as an administrative subpoena to trace names, e-mail > addresses, types of Internet access individuals use, and credit card > numbers used online. _______________________________________________ Random mailing list - Random@darwin.codefab.com http://darwin.codefab.com/mailman/listinfo/random