IP: U.S. Drafting Plan for Computer Monitoring System

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

My only comment is from Franklin -- 

"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary 
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Ben Franklin, ~1784

a\oh and yes -- Bull SH_T

Dave




> From: "the terminal of Geoff Goodfellow" <geoff () iconia com>
> To: "Dave e-mail pamphleteer Farber" <farber () cis upenn edu>
>
>
> http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/07/biztech/articles/28compute.html
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> U.S. Drafting Plan for Computer Monitoring System
> By JOHN MARKOFF
> The New York Times
>
> The Clinton Administration has developed a plan for an extensive computer
> monitoring system, overseen by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, to protect
> the nation's crucial data networks from intruders.
>
> The plan, an outgrowth of the Administration's anti-terrorism program, has
> already raised concerns from civil liberties groups.
>
> A draft prepared by officials at the National Security Council last month,
> which was provided to The New York Times by a civil liberties group, calls for
> a sophisticated software system to monitor activities on nonmilitary Government
> networks and a separate system to track networks used in crucial industries
> like banking, telecommunications and transportation.
>
> The effort, whose details are still being debated within the Administration, is
> intended to alert law enforcement officials to attacks that might cripple
> Government operations or the nation's economy.
>
> <snip>
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