At 10:18 PM -0400 7/20/01, Matthew Gaylor wrote:
>Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 22:04:21 -0400 (EDT)
>From: Seth Finkelstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime
>
> Remember what I told you: "If you think Clinton was dismal,
>you're going to find out what dismal *is*, during a Bush administration."
>
>[And Matt's reply is: They're both dismal.]
>
>http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/ap/20010720/pl/ashcroft_cybercrime_1.html
>
> Friday July 20 5:24 PM ET
>
>Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime
>
> By BRIAN BERGSTEIN, Associated Press Writer
>
> MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - Calling computer security one of the
> nation's top problems, Attorney General John Ashcroft said Friday that
> the government is forming nine special units to prosecute hacking and
> copyright violations.
>
> Ashcroft said the new specialists will bring to 48 the number of
> prosecutors working on cybercrime in U.S. attorneys' offices.
Gee, imagine that, the Attorney General wanting to enforce crimes.
What *is* this world coming to?
We still live in a country that has laws, and we *should* expect the LEAs to
enforce all laws that are on the books.
If you have a problem with the laws, it's not the LEAs fault, it's the
legislature and the Executive branch.
