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Skriven 2006-07-10 17:28:40 av /m (1:379/45)
  Kommentar till text 12037 av Rich Gauszka (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: FBI plans new Net-tapping push
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From: /m <mike@barkto.com>

It's still way too soon to call any of the November races.

 /m


On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:29:27 -0400, "Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Dewine may not be around much longer
>
>http://www.ohio.com/mld/beaconjournal/news/local/states/ohio/counties/summit_c
ounty/14884162.htm
>In the race for U.S. Senate, U.S. Rep. Sherrod Brown, D-Avon, has a
>commanding lead over incumbent Sen. Mike DeWine, R-Ohio, in a newly released
>Zogby/Wall Street Journal online poll.
>
>The poll shows Brown ahead 46.7 percent to DeWine's 34 percent with a margin
>of error of plus or minus 3.3 percent.
>
>
>
>"Gary Britt" <glb@gencog.com> wrote in message news:44b275ee$1@w3.nls.net...
>> Is this the same idiot Mike Dewiner that sat crying on the judiciary
>> committee over the nomination of a very solid and demonstrably capable UN
>> Ambassador Bolton.  No tears for privacy?
>>
>> I don't mind wire tapping abilities like the phone companies already
>> provide, but I draw the line at a listening device built into my personal
>> phone located inside my home.  I have similar feelings about tapping
>> internet traffic.
>>
>> Gary
>>
>> "Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:44b23fc8$1@w3.nls.net...
>>>
>>> http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6091942.html?part=rss&tag=6091942&subj=news
>>>
>>> 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 27-page proposed CALEA amendments seen by CNET News.com would:
>>>
>>> . Require any manufacturer of "routing" and "addressing" hardware to
>>> offer upgrades or other "modifications" that are needed to support
>>> Internet wiretapping. Current law does require that of telephone switch
>>> manufacturers--but not makers of routers and network address translation
>>> hardware like Cisco Systems and 2Wire.
>>>
>>> . Authorize the expansion of wiretapping requirements to "commercial"
>>> Internet services including instant messaging if the FCC deems it to be
>>> in the "public interest." That would likely sweep in services such as
>>> in-game chats offered by Microsoft's Xbox 360 gaming system as well.
>>>
>>> . Force Internet service providers to sift through their customers'
>>> communications to identify, for instance, only VoIP calls. (The language
>>> requires companies to adhere to "processing or filtering methods or
>>> procedures applied by a law enforcement agency.") That means police could
>>> simply ask broadband providers like AT&T, Comcast or Verizon for wiretap
>>> info--instead of having to figure out what VoIP service was being used.
>>>
>>> . Eliminate the current legal requirement saying the Justice Department
>>> must publish a public "notice of the actual number of communications
>>> interceptions" every year. That notice currently also must disclose the
>>> "maximum capacity" required to accommodate all of the legally authorized
>>> taps that government agencies will "conduct and use simultaneously."
>>>
>>> Jim Harper, a policy analyst at the free-market Cato Institute and member
>>> of a Homeland Security advisory board, said the proposal would "have a
>>> negative impact on Internet users' privacy."
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

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