Dave: For IP if you wish... Regards, Gregory hicks
From the Dartmouth list "Security in the News"
http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,63800,00.html Elements of a Justice Department draft legislation known as "Patriot Act II", widely criticized when news about it was released in 2003, are making their way into the law books as minor provisions of other bills. For example, the Anti-Terrorism Intelligence Tools Improvement Act of 2003 (HR 3179) contains four sections that appeared in the Patriot II draft, establishing five-year prison terms for anyone who discloses Patriot Act requests for information made by the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation). Former Representative Bob Barr (R-Georgia) says the Justice Department has been asking sympathetic lawmakers to slip elements of Patriot II into other legislation. Proponents of HR 3179 says the provisions merely address holes in the original Patriot Act; the Act made it illegal to disclose FBI Patriot Act searches, but specified no penalty. Opponents counter that it strengthens already overly broad search and seizure powers for the government while denying citizens the right to petition for a redress of grievances. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Gregory Hicks | Principal Systems Engineer Cadence Design Systems | Direct: 408.576.3609 555 River Oaks Pkwy M/S 6B1 | Fax: 408.894.3400 San Jose, CA 95134 | Internet: ghicks@cadence.com I am perfectly capable of learning from my mistakes. I will surely learn a great deal today. "A democracy is a sheep and two wolves deciding on what to have for lunch. Freedom is a well armed sheep contesting the results of the decision." - Benjamin Franklin "The best we can hope for concerning the people at large is that they be properly armed." --Alexander Hamilton ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as eugen@leitl.org To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/ ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07078, 11.61144 http://www.leitl.org 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE http://moleculardevices.org http://nanomachines.net [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature]