They'll call it the "obama-air bill". On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 11:35 AM, MDK <rea...@muddyfrogwater.us> wrote:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/19/us/19wiretap.html?_r=1 > > Quote: > > > An Obama administration task force that includes officials from the Justice > and Commerce Departments, the > F.B.I.<http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/f/federal_bureau_of_investigation/index.html?inline=nyt-org>and > other agencies recently began working on draft legislation to strengthen and > expand the Communications Assistance to Law Enforcement Act, a 1994 law that > says telephone and broadband companies must design their services so that > they can begin conducting surveillance of a target immediately after being > presented with a court order. > > There is not yet agreement over the details, according to officials > familiar with the deliberations, but they said the administration intends to > submit a package to Congress next year. > > Another quote: > > Another proposal would create an incentive for companies to show new > systems to the F.B.I. before deployment. Under the plan, an agreement with > the bureau certifying that the system is acceptable would be an alternative > “safe harbor,” ensuring the firm could not be fined. > > > > I am obviously not being... anything other that correct to say "People, > this is serious..." > > You can't deploy anything new until the government approves of it, or face > massive liability for fines and fees? > > > > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > Neofast, Inc, Making internet easy > 541-969-8200 509-386-4589 > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >
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