--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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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