--- begin forwarded text Delivered-To: ignition-point@majordomo.pobox.com Date: Wed, 30 Sep 1998 05:55:01 -0400 (EDT) To: ignition-point@majordomo.pobox.com From: softwar@us.net (CharlesSmith) Subject: IP: 1998 FBI WISH LIST - Unlimited Wiretaps! Sender: owner-ignition-point@majordomo.pobox.com Precedence: list Reply-To: softwar@us.net (CharlesSmith) September 29, 1998 --from Congressman Barr's web site BARR EXPOSES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE POWER GRAB WASHINGTON, DC -- U.S. Representative Bob Barr (GA-7) released today information exposing an effort by the Department of Justice to obtain massive new enforcement powers in the closing days of the 105th Congress. Barr obtained the information from a confidential source within federal law enforcement. Among other things, the Department's "wish list" for new authority includes (among others): A vastly expanded definition of terrorism to include domestic crimes having no relationship to terrorism. The power to seize commercial transportation assets for federal use. The ability to commander personnel from other federal agencies without reimbursement. Expanded wiretap authority to allow "roving" wiretaps, and wiretaps without any court authority. Enlarged asset forfeiture provisions to allow the FBI to seize personal property in both criminal and civil matters. The establishment of a permanent "FBI Police Force." Loosening of Posse Comitatus restrictions to allow more military involvement in domestic law enforcement. Authority to force telephone and Internet companies to divulge information on their customers. "These requests belong in some bizarre conspiracy novel, not in serious legislative documents being circulated at the top levels of federal law enforcement. These proposals represent a sneak attack on the most cherished principles of our democracy. If they become a part of our law, freedom and privacy in America will be permanently and severely diminished," said Barr. Barr also noted the Department and the FBI are "shopping" this wish list in an effort to get the items placed in a spending measure without hearings or debate. ================================================================ 1 if by land, 2 if by sea. Paul Revere - encryption 1775 Charles R. Smith SOFTWAR http://www.softwar.net softwar@softwar.net Pcyphered SIGNATURE: 742A59841467BC656DC19CD9D14B57318A1D3BDAB365AA32D70AD05DFAA08FC7 16CACEB73A010562BC412D6F45E1A2B88074A90A1D3AD6077895CAC1FDE25404 8C02268DEC1D0880 ================================================================ SOFTWAR EMAIL NEWSLETTER 09/30/1998 *** to unsubscribe reply with "unsubscribe" as subject *** ================================================================ ********************************************** To subscribe or unsubscribe, email: majordomo@majordomo.pobox.com with the message: (un)subscribe ignition-point email@address ********************************************** www.telepath.com/believer ********************************************** --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: rah@philodox.com> Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism <http://www.philodox.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'