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XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1999 20:28:41 ET XXXXX
WHITE HOUSE PROPOSES MASSIVE COMPUTER MONITORING SYSTEM; WILL TRACK
BANKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND OTHER NETWORKS
The Clinton administration has developed a plan for an extensive computer
monitoring system, overseen by the FBI, that will track banking,
telecommunications and other industries, it will be reported on Wednesday.
The National Security Council is conducting a legal and technical review of
the new Clinton plan, a final report is scheduled to be made public in
September.
NEW YORK TIMES reporter John Markoff has been shown a draft, according to
publishing sources, and was busy on Tuesday afternoon preparing a story.
In some government circles, the proposed system has been nicknamed
"Hillary."
The plan calls for the development of a "sophisticated software system to
monitor activities on non-military government networks" and a separate
system to "track all transactions used in the banking, telecommunications
and transportation industries."
The system is intended to alert law enforcement officials to computer
attacks that might cripple governmental or the nation's economy. But it
could also become a massive government utility used for surveillance of
citizens, critics contend, with great potential for misuse.
"Law enforcement agencies obviously would be under great temptation to
expand the use of the information in pursuit of suspected criminals," the
TIMES will report.
The plan has drawn fire from civil libertarians because it blends "civilian
and military functions" in protecting the nation's computer networks. Law
enforcement agencies would be under great temptation to expand the use of
the information in pursuit of suspected criminals. And the plan would put a
new and powerful tool into the hands of the FBI.
Developing[/quote]
And you know they will abuse it!
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"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes"
XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1999 20:28:41 ET XXXXX
WHITE HOUSE PROPOSES MASSIVE COMPUTER MONITORING SYSTEM; WILL TRACK
BANKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND OTHER NETWORKS
The Clinton administration has developed a plan for an extensive computer
monitoring system, overseen by the FBI, that will track banking,
telecommunications and other industries, it will be reported on Wednesday.
The National Security Council is conducting a legal and technical review of
the new Clinton plan, a final report is scheduled to be made public in
September.
NEW YORK TIMES reporter John Markoff has been shown a draft, according to
publishing sources, and was busy on Tuesday afternoon preparing a story.
In some government circles, the proposed system has been nicknamed
"Hillary."
The plan calls for the development of a "sophisticated software system to
monitor activities on non-military government networks" and a separate
system to "track all transactions used in the banking, telecommunications
and transportation industries."
The system is intended to alert law enforcement officials to computer
attacks that might cripple governmental or the nation's economy. But it
could also become a massive government utility used for surveillance of
citizens, critics contend, with great potential for misuse.
"Law enforcement agencies obviously would be under great temptation to
expand the use of the information in pursuit of suspected criminals," the
TIMES will report.
The plan has drawn fire from civil libertarians because it blends "civilian
and military functions" in protecting the nation's computer networks. Law
enforcement agencies would be under great temptation to expand the use of
the information in pursuit of suspected criminals. And the plan would put a
new and powerful tool into the hands of the FBI.
Developing[/quote]
And you know they will abuse it!
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"Quis custodiet ipsos custodes"