FBI wiretaps increased on Y2K pretext By: Thomas C Greene in Washington Posted: 12/06/2000 at 12:40 GMT http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/1/11308.html > The US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA), which restricts some >government surveillance related to terrorist investigations, was massaged >considerably during the Millennium rollover to enable quick and dirty wiretaps of US >residents who would otherwise have been beyond its authority, National Commission on >Terrorism Chairman Paul Bremer revealed during testimony before the Senate >Intelligence Committee last week. <SNIP> -- ----------------------Kaos-Keraunos-Kybernetos--------------------------- + ^ + :Surveillance cameras|Passwords are like underwear. You don't /|\ \|/ :aren't security. A |share them, you don't hang them on your/\|/\ <--*-->:camera won't stop a |monitor, or under your keyboard, you \/|\/ /|\ :masked killer, but |don't email them, or put them on a web \|/ + v + :will violate privacy|site, and you must change them very often. [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sunder.net ------------
