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Re: Patriotism or Mass Hysteria?
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Fri, 25 Apr 2003 02:21:12 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mike Petrucelli writes:
> Absolutely astounding?!
Normally I am better with the cites, here's this one on Slashdot (with user
comments):
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/04/15/1250232&mode=thread&tid=158
And the original cite:
http://www.epic.org/privacy/threat/pr.html
Salient bit:
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* Expanded use of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which permits
the government to conduct surveillance without the general safeguards
required by the Fourth Amendment
* The decision of the FBI to relax the legally mandated accuracy requirement
for the National Crime Information Center, the nation's largest criminal justice
database
* Increased funding for surveillance systems, including immigration control
and video surveillance
* Possible consideration of the Domestic Security Enhancement Act, dubbed by
some as "Patriot II", that would further expand government surveillance
authority
* Required use of biometric identifiers for routine identification documents
without associated privacy protection to assure personal information will
not be misused
* Ongoing efforts by the FBI to extend the application of the Communications
Assistance for Law Enforcement Act, which requires the development of wiretap
friendly communications services, to Internet telephony
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-- Hop-Frog
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