more on Enhanced In-Air Internet Surveillance Sought

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Dewayne Hendricks <dewayne () warpspeed com>
Date: July 14, 2005 12:45:52 AM EDT
To: Dewayne-Net Technology List <dewayne-net () warpspeed com>
Subject: [Dewayne-Net] Re: Enhanced In-Air Internet Surveillance Sought
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[Note:  This comment comes from reader Scott Berry.  DLH]


> From: Scott Berry <sjb () optonline net>
> Date: July 13, 2005 5:36:04 PM PDT
> To: dewayne () warpspeed com
> Subject: RE: [Dewayne-Net] Enhanced In-Air Internet Surveillance  
> Sought
>
>
> Wasn't 1984 over 20 years ago?
>
> As Bob Frankston has suggested, terrorists need only pick up the  
> phone on
> the seatback in front of them to do all the mid-air planning they  
> want.  Of
> course, that's undoubtedly tappable too.
>
> But why would terrorists even need to use the internet on a plane  
> unless
> they were going to do something to it in mid-air.  Wonder how a tap  
> is going
> to stop that from occurring?  Or is DHS only interested in closing  
> barn
> doors on horses' rear ends?
>
>   Scott

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