The analysis, such as it is, was superficial. Some kuro5hin articles are worthwhile and thought-provoking; this, alas, was not in that category. Some problems with the article: First, the bill did not pass "the legislature," just the Senate. Second, the vote on the amendment was Thursday, not Friday. Third, it was one session, not multiple "sessions." Fourth, it is hardly "admirable that in this time of need partisan politics was [sic] put aside" -- that's precisely what leads to bad legislation. Fifth, the bill not not "been in the pipeline for two months" -- it was debated in committee for far longer during hearings early this year. Sixth, it does not "broadens the definition of wiretaps to mean monitoring of communications over the Internet" -- Carnivore has already been used under existing legal authority. Seventh, the constitutional analysis is wrong -- the broadest protection of privacy found in the BoR is in the Fourth Amendment, which isn't even mentioned, and which would be used in a constutional attack on Carnivore. The conclusion of this so-called analysis: "If we grant great powers to men of principle who we have trusted to lead us in times of national turmoil, and they don't loose [sic] sight of the righteous goal in front of them; then perhaps true good will come of this." When "men of principle" are in the Senate? Leahy, who wrote CALEA? What's this "righteous goal" -- supporting Bush in carpet-bombing missions? What "true good" can come of this? What nonsense. This is not a personal attack on the author, who I don't know and bear no ill will toward. But if you really find simpleminded commentary "mature," you're beyond contempt. -Declan On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 11:48:22PM +0000, citizenq@hushmail.com wrote:
Actually I found the analysis more ... mature in outlook. Less Wired. Some stuff to agree with, some to disagree with. Declan, did you read it?
Cc: hell@einstein.ssz.com, cypherpunks@einstein.ssz.com Subject: Re: kuro5hin.org || Combating Terrorism Act of 2001 - Analyzed
Relying on kuro5hin for political and legislative analysis is like relying on the broadcast networks for in-depth reporting.
-Declan
On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 07:57:55PM -0500, Jim Choate wrote: