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IP: Building in Big Brother
From: David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 14:07:26 -0400
Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 11:05:45 -0700 (PDT) From: "Kevin L. Poulsen" <klp () securityfocus com> X-Sender: >X-Sender: klp@mail To: farber () cis upenn edu Building in Big Brother FBI Director Louis Freeh knows how to milk cyberattacks for all they're worth. By David Banisar http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/13 "We are not asking for extraordinary powers," FBI Director Louis Freeh told the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism and Government Information on March 28th. Following this comforting statement and a ritual bowing to the Constitution, Freeh proceeded to request widespread new powers to conduct surveillance and impose new penalties in the name of preventing cybercrime. Louis Freeh wants to snuff out the encryption-using, drug-dealing, system-hacking, copyright-infringing, child pornographers who he apparently sees as making up 97 percent of net users. And in the post-Cold War fight for resources, he has been extremely effective in gaining money and power for his agency to hunt down the new enemies. ...
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