>From IP....
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Perry E. Metzger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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"Ask not what your country can force other people to do for you..."
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Date: Thu, 06 Jul 2000 15:43:03 -0400
From: Dave Farber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IP: Important Security Update?
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>Date: Thu, 6 Jul 2000 13:36:32 -0400
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>From: Charles Brownstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>from http://www.internetnews.com/isp-news/article/0,2171,8_409201,00.html
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>InternetNews - ISP News
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>July 6, 2000 InternetNews - ISP News Archives
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>FBI to Scrutinize NTT-Verio By the InternetNews.com Staff
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>Tokyo-based Verio Inc. is being scrutinized by the Federal Bureau of
>Investigation.
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>According to the Wall Street Journal, the FBI Thursday raised national
>security concerns about the Japanese company's attempt to acquire the U.S.
>Internet service provider.
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>The FBI registered concerns with the Treasury Department about NTT's
>(NYSE:NTT) planned purchase of Verio (NASDAQ:VRIO) because agency is
>concerned that foreign ownership of Verio would inhibit its ability to
>maintain surveillance over its telecommunications network.
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>NTT posted a $5.5 billion offer for Verio in May to acquire the final 90
>percent of Verio it did not already own. Verio provides Web hosting and
>network services for about 20 percent of the Fortune 500 companies in the
>world.
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>The FBI contents that in order to protect U.S. facilities, it must be
>assured that only U.S.-owned companies can be used to handle domestic
>Internet traffic. In the past, the FBI has also insisted that the
>companies employ U.S. citizens to handle potential wiretapping activities.
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>NTT announced Friday that the Treasury Department's Committee on Foreign
>Investment in the U.S. would conduct a 45-day review of the planned merger.
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