IP: Building in Big Brother

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

> Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 11:05:45 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Kevin L. Poulsen" <klp () securityfocus com>
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> Building in Big Brother
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> FBI Director Louis Freeh knows how to milk cyberattacks for all they're
> worth.
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> By David Banisar
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> http://www.securityfocus.com/commentary/13
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> "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.
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> 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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> ...