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Re: US drafting plan to allow government access to any email or Web search
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2008 11:55:14 -0800
________________________________________ From: jsq () quarterman com [jsq () quarterman com] On Behalf Of John S. Quarterman [jsq () quarterman org] Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 12:42 PM To: Andrew Burnette Cc: quarterman.org () quarterman com; David Farber Subject: Re: [IP] US drafting plan to allow government access to any email or Web search Dave, for IP:
Much like the mis-linkage of Iraq and Terrorism, we need to stop and hold accountable the management layer editors who conveniently glue together innuendo to forward an agenda we now know to be in place and enabled by false assumptions.
This is also why it's not safe to believe the present administration will do anything useful with SCADA. No matter how competent and honorable the lower level people who are producing the information, they're not the ones who will decide what gets done about it. The deciders will be political appointees implementing a political ideology and agenda, far more so than in any previous U.S. administration. Who would honestly trust those fellows now? -jsq
Dave, John, see comments below: David Farber wrote:________________________________________ From: John S. Quarterman [jsq () quarterman org] Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 11:17 AM To: David Farber Cc: John S. Quarterman; ip Subject: Re: [IP] US drafting plan to allow government access to any emailor Web searchDave, for IP: The New Yorker article is available in HTML now: http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2008/01/21/080121fa_fact_wrightWhy does the author continue to spew the false information that the intelligence community blew the WMD issue in Iraq? At that time, I was walking the halls at several involved agencies, and can say that I am in agreement with publicly known and published information, there was no consensus that Iraq was in fact holding or manufacturing any WMD's. There was agreement that the Iragi administration enjoyed the game of cat and mouse (also in order to obfuscate regional military realities or vulnerabilities). At the same time, via the inspection process, frustrating as it may have been we also effectively blunted any benefit to them should they actually pursue the production or use of WMDs. One of the most difficult byproducts was Colin Powell decimating his own credibility before the UN. How sad to see such a distinguished career dishonored that way when he could have offered so much more. Who would honestly trust the fellow now? Much like the mis-linkage of Iraq and Terrorism, we need to stop and hold accountable the management layer editors who conveniently glue together innuendo to forward an agenda we now know to be in place and enabled by false assumptions. Best regards, Andy BurnetteBruce Schneier has nailed the "security vs. privacy" canard that McConnell promotes: "The debate isn't security versus privacy. It's liberty versus control." http://www.wired.com/politics/security/commentary/securitymatters/2008/01/securitymatters_0124?currentPage=all&And while people may think that AT&T should worry about losing liability protection if it filters all traffic, if McConnell's plan goes through AT&T and other telcos and cablecos will be able to wrap themselves in the flag while they're doing it: http://riskman.typepad.com/peerflow/2008/01/policing-cybers.html -jsqFrom: Rich Kulawiec [rsk () gsp org] Sent: Monday, January 14, 2008 6:41 PM To: Fergie; David Farber; Richard Forno; Lauren Weinstein Subject: US drafting plan to allow government access to any email or Web search Quoting from: http://rawstory.com/news/2007/US_drafting_plan_to_allow_government_0114.html National Intelligence Director Mike McConnell is drawing up plans for cyberspace spying that would make the current debate on warrantless wiretaps look like a "walk in the park," according to an interview published in the New Yorker's print edition today. Debate on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act "will be a walk in the park compared to this," McConnell said. "this is going to be a goat rope on the Hill. My prediction is that we're going to screw around with this until something horrendous happens." The article, which profiles the 65-year-old former admiral appointed by President George W. Bush in January 2007 to oversee all of America's intelligence agencies, was not published on the New Yorker's Web site. (It can be read here in pdf). [...] The PDF link points to: http://online.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/WashWire.pdf which I'm unable to access at the moment. ---Rsk------------------------------------------- Archives: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/247/=now RSS Feed: http://v2.listbox.com/member/archive/rss/247/ Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
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