Re: FBI is at it again

["Steven M. Bellovin" <smb () research att com>]

In message <GKEFKKIKGCMICPKBAEIMKENECDAA.dgolding () sockeye com>, "Daniel Golding
" writes:
> Are you kidding? The problems with this are numerous. First, the source is
> Fox News, which is about a half step up from the Drudge Report.

I tried posting this before, but I don't think my note got out.  
Basically, from what I've heard this report is indeed inaccurate.  The 
FBI is holding a meeting on Thursday of this week where they will 
explain their new desires, and the legal justification for them; let's 
see what they say.  (Btw -- this is apparently work that's been going 
on for two years; it's not in reaction to September 11.)

                --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb
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