authfriend wrote: >The [X] administration wants government to be able to read >international computer communications – financial transactions, >personal e-mail and proprietary information sent abroad – all in the >name of national security . . . . > >Granted, the Internet could be used to commit crimes, and advanced >encryption could disguise such activity. However, we do not provide >the government with phone jacks outside our homes for unlimited >wiretaps. Why, then, should we grant government the Orwellian >capability to listen at will and in real time to our communications >across the Web? > >The protections of the Fourth Amendment are clear. The right to >protection from unlawful searches is an indivisible American >value. . . . > >Every medium by which people communicate can be exploited by those >with illegal or immoral intentions. Nevertheless, this is no reason >to hand Big Brother the keys to unlock our e-mail diaries, open our >ATM records or translate our international communications. > John Ashcroft in 1997 about the Clinton Administration.
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