-- -Time flies like the wind. Fruit flies like a banana. Stranger things have - -happened but none stranger than this. Does your driver's license say Organ -Donor?Black holes are where God divided by zero. Listen to me! We are all- -individuals! What if this weren't a hypothetical question? [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 11:25:40 -0800 From: Jon Callas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: The Eristocracy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: DOJ's Already Monitoring Modems DOJ's Already Monitoring Modems By Declan McCullagh and Ben Polen 4:42 p.m. Nov. 28, 2001 PST WASHINGTON -- The Department of Justice already is using its new anti-terrorism powers to monitor cable modem users without obtaining a judge's permission first. A top Bush administration official lauded the controversial USA Patriot Act at a Senate hearing on Wednesday, saying that the new abilities have let police obtain information in investigations that was previously unavailable. "We would not have been able to do (this) under prior law without a specific court order," said Michael Chertoff, assistant attorney general in the Justice Department's criminal division. ... <http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,48711,00.html> [ To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body "unsubscribe man-bytes-dog" (the subject is ignored).]
