U.S. defends cybercrime treaty

U.S. defends cybercrime treaty
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2004-04-23

Critics took aim this week at a controversial international treaty intended to facilitate cross-border computer crime probes, arguing that it would obligate the U.S. and other signatories to cooperate with repressive regimes--a charge that the Justice Department denied.

U.S. defends cybercrime treaty 2004-04-30
Anonymous

"some fear that it could put the United States' surveillance capabilities at the

disposal of foreign governments with poor human rights records, who may be inves

tigating actions that are not considered crimes elsewhere"

Oh dear, is it only me that seems the dripping irony here?...

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