At 10:18 PM -0400 7/20/01, Matthew Gaylor wrote:
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2001 22:04:21 -0400 (EDT) From: Seth Finkelstein <sethf@sethf.com> To: freematt@coil.com Subject: Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime
Remember what I told you: "If you think Clinton was dismal, you're going to find out what dismal *is*, during a Bush administration."
[And Matt's reply is: They're both dismal.]
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/ap/20010720/pl/ashcroft_cybercrime_1.html
Friday July 20 5:24 PM ET
Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime
By BRIAN BERGSTEIN, Associated Press Writer
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) - Calling computer security one of the nation's top problems, Attorney General John Ashcroft said Friday that the government is forming nine special units to prosecute hacking and copyright violations.
Ashcroft said the new specialists will bring to 48 the number of prosecutors working on cybercrime in U.S. attorneys' offices.
Gee, imagine that, the Attorney General wanting to enforce crimes. What *is* this world coming to? We still live in a country that has laws, and we *should* expect the LEAs to enforce all laws that are on the books. If you have a problem with the laws, it's not the LEAs fault, it's the legislature and the Executive branch.