Clinton Administration announces new cyber security proposals
July 17, 2000 Web posted at: 3:50 p.m. EDT (1950 GMT)
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Emphasizing private sector leadership, the
Clinton administration on Monday announced a series of proposals
aimed at dealing with the growing threat of electronic crime
while protecting the privacy rights of millions of Internet
users.
In a speech at the National Press Club, White House Chief of
Staff John Podesta announced the administration has updated its
policy for encryption exports to the European Union and key
trading partners.
"Our administration has already moved to liberalize export
controls on encryption, allowing more companies to export the
technology to more end users. And we've done so while maintaining
a framework necessary to protect our national security," Podesta
said. "Today we are announcing significant new updates."
Under the new policy, American companies can export with license
exemption any encryption product to any end user in the European
Union and eight trading partners: Austria, Norway, Czech
Republic, Hungary, Poland, Japan, New Zealand and Switzerland.
The policy also calls for an elimination of the 30-day waiting
period when exporting encryption goods to these countries, a move
similar to deregulation recently adopted by the European Union.
Podesta also announced four administration cyber-security
proposals -- the first dealing with the language of outmoded
wiretap laws. Current laws use outdated terms such as "phone
lines" and hardware "devices."
"Laws should be clearly updated to apply to the Internet era,
where hardware and software can be interchangeable," he said.
The measure would amend statutes to apply equal standards to
hardware --
such as wiretaps -- and to computer software programs, which
allow virtually the same surveillance.
Second, Podesta made clear the administration's desire to achieve
parity with the legal standards applying to law enforcement
access to e-mails, telephone calls and cable services. Current
law sets stricter enforcement access to "wire" communications,
like telephone calls, than for "electronic" e-mail
communications.
"More people now have easier access to our most personal
information, from bank statements to our medical history.
International narcotics traffickers can communicate with each
other via computer messages. Hackers can destroy cyber property
by defacing homepages and maliciously manipulating private
information."
Podesta also called for greater individual protections under
government "trap and trace" orders -- rules that allow government
tracing devices, such as Carnivore, to track suspected
individuals' online activities.
"There should be greater judicial oversight of trap and trace
authorities," Podesta said, "Federal law should make clear that
such orders should only be issued after a judicial officer has
determined that the proper factual showing has been made."
The fourth proposal focused on revising the Computer Fraud and
Abuse Act -- making punishments for cyber-attacks fit the crime.
"Small attacks -- those under $5,000 damage -- should be treated
as a misdemeanor and not a felony. But multiple attacks should be
treated as one large attack and punished accordingly," Podesta
said.
The administration's proposal also eliminates mandatory jail time
for less serious cyber-crimes.
Though mainly a non-partisan speech, Podesta did not miss the
chance to lash out at Congress, criticizing legislators for
ignoring a $90 million White House cyber crime funding request.
"Good security needs to be updated constantly, and it costs money
... unfortunately, to date, the Congress still refuses to
appropriate one dime to put these initiatives in place."
CNN Producer Libbie Schlatheri contributed to this report
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