- start quote - Cyber Security Plan Contemplates U.S. Data Retention Law http://online.securityfocus.com/news/486 Internet service providers may be forced into wholesale spying on their customers as part of the White House's strategy for securing cyberspace. By Kevin Poulsen, Jun 18 2002 3:46PM An early draft of the White House's National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace envisions the same kind of mandatory customer data collection and retention by U.S. Internet service providers as was recently enacted in Europe, according to sources who have reviewed portions of the plan. In recent weeks, the administration has begun doling out bits and pieces of a draft of the strategy to technology industry members and advocacy groups. A federal data retention law is suggested briefly in a section drafted in part by the U.S. Justice Department. [...] - end quote -