FC: FBI gets cash to spend on anti-encryption, broadband snooping

2001-07-28 Thread Declan McCullagh
http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,45632,00.html According to the report accompanying a spending bill that's awaiting a floor vote in the Senate: * The FBI will receive an extra $7 million for technology to thwart encryption. The appropriations committee intends for

FC: NPR's Rick Karr on creating an $18 billion content agency

2001-07-28 Thread Declan McCullagh
[Rick's comments below are well-written, but he makes a factual error when talking about the Institute for Humane Studies, where Damon works. Contrary to Rick's assertion that his tax dollars went to IHS, the group is funded solely by contributions from individuals, corporations, and