-Caveat Lector- <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/"> </A> -Cui Bono?- WJPBR Email News List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Peace at any cost is a prelude to war! WHITE HOUSE PLANS COMPUTER SURVEILLANCE January 21, 2000 Wired News reported: "Visions of stealthy black helicopters landing on your lawn and disgorging Nomex-clad troops to steal your PGP[Pretty Good Privacy] keys aren't just for conspiracy theorists. The Clinton administration wants to be able to send federal agents armed with search warrants into homes to copy encryption keys and implant secret back doors onto computers...The idea first surfaced in mid-1999, when the Justice Department proposed legislation that allowed them to obtain surreptitious warrants and 'postpone' notifying the person whose property they entered for 30 days. The Justice Department's thinking was that if a suspect was using data-scrambling encryption products, the FBI's G-men might need to enter the suspect's home and install software to tap into and decipher scrambled communications. After vocal objections from civil liberties groups, the administration backed away from the controversial plan. The final draft of the Cyberspace Electronic Security Act (CESA) submitted to Congress had removed the secret-search portions. But the White House now appears to think it doesn't need new legislation to enter a suspect's computer. The letter from Reno and Hamre to House Majority Leader Dick Armey says that, in the future, the Feds will use 'general authorities' when asking judges to authorize so-called black bag jobs. Commerce Secretary William Daley also signed the letter. They say that law enforcement should have the ability to 'search for keys' without immediately notifying a suspect..." **COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for nonprofit research and educational purposes only.[Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soap-boxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
