----- Original Message ----- From: "Declan McCullagh" <[email protected]> To: "Politech" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 3:55 PM Subject: [Politech] FBI presses for dramatic expansion of wiretapping law; router makers targeted [priv]
: [It seems unlikely the FBI can get this proposal through Congress this : year, given the shorter session and the controversial nature. The bureau : also might be waiting to see what happens with the court case. This is : more likely an issue for next year, I think. --Declan] : : : http://news.com.com/FBI+plans+new+Net-tapping+push/2100-1028_3-6091942.html : : FBI plans new Net-tapping push : By Declan McCullagh : July 7, 2006, 6:47 PM PDT : : The FBI has drafted sweeping legislation that would require Internet : service providers to create wiretapping hubs for police surveillance and : force makers of networking gear to build in backdoors for eavesdropping, : CNET News.com has learned. : : FBI Agent Barry Smith distributed the proposal at a private meeting last : Friday with industry representatives and indicated it would be : introduced by Sen. Mike DeWine, an Ohio Republican, according to two : sources familiar with the meeting. : : The draft bill would place the FBI's Net-surveillance push on solid : legal footing. At the moment, it's ensnared in a legal challenge from : universities and some technology companies that claim the Federal : Communications Commission's broadband surveillance directives exceed : what Congress has authorized. : : The FBI claims that expanding the 1994 Communications Assistance for Law : Enforcement Act is necessary to thwart criminals and terrorists who have : turned to technologies like voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP. : : "The complexity and variety of communications technologies have : dramatically increased in recent years, and the lawful intercept : capabilities of the federal, state and local law enforcement community : have been under continual stress, and in many cases have decreased or : become impossible," according to a summary accompanying the draft bill. : : [...remainder snipped...] : _______________________________________________ : Politech mailing list : Archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ : Moderated by Declan McCullagh (http://www.mccullagh.org/) : ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/KlSolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ForumWebSiteAt http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Libertarian/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
