Ashcroft Targets U.S. Cybercrime

Petro bounty.org at bounty.org
Sat Jul 21 00:07:16 PDT 2001


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 at sethf.com>
>To: freematt at 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.  





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