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War of words rages over Internet taps
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2004-04-14

The public comment period on a Justice Department proposal to make the Internet easier to wiretap ended Monday with most of the filed comments tracing a clean line between two opposing camps: on the government's side, federal, state and local law enforcement agencies who perform wiretaps, allied with companies who sell surveillance equipment and services; on the other, Internet companies who would be forced by the plan to make changes to their networks, along with advocacy groups concerned about slowed innovation and an incursion on Internet privacy.

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we're monitored... so what? 2004-04-16
Anonymous
Well, I just wonder what will happen when I in my free country the netherlands start to spread mails where I declare Bush should be shot and all terrorrist are hero's (which of course I dont!! but it's still my right here) Even start to threath I will kill Bush. Would this mean I get the FBI on my d...

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