IP: DOJ's Already Monitoring Modems (fwd)

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Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 04:01:35 -0500
From: David Farber <dave at farber.net>
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Subject: IP: DOJ's Already Monitoring Modems


>From: Monty Solomon <monty at roscom.com>
>
>DOJ's Already Monitoring Modems
>By Declan McCullagh and Ben Polen
>
>4:42 p.m. Nov. 28, 2001 PST
>
>WASHINGTON -- The Department of Justice already is using its new
>anti-terrorism powers to monitor cable modem users without obtaining
>a judge's permission first.
>
>A top Bush administration official lauded the controversial USA
>Patriot Act at a Senate hearing on Wednesday, saying that the new
>abilities have let police obtain information in investigations that
>was previously unavailable.
>
>"We would not have been able to do (this) under prior law without a
>specific court order," said Michael Chertoff, assistant attorney
>general in the Justice Department's criminal division.
>
>...
>
>http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,48711,00.html


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