Ashcroft's Plans to Shred the Constitution

Eric Cordian emc at artifact.psychedelic.net
Wed Sep 19 23:48:13 PDT 2001


Declan writes:

> > It will also permit law enforcement to seize billing records of ISPs
> > without a court order, so that they may be grepped through to identify
> > anyone who uses the service with an assumed name.

> I didn't catch that based on a quick read. Got a section #?

I have no idea where this is in the bill.  I go it from the following
article which materialized on AP earlier today...

Increased Police Powers Are Broad
By JESSE J. HOLLAND
Associated Press Writer
September 19, 2001, 8:44 PM EDT

...

The administration also wants to let the FBI and other police agencies
seize billing information like credit card numbers from Internet companies
without a court order, according to a Justice Department analysis of the
anti-terrorism legislative package it plans to submit Friday.

"In many cases, users register with Internet service providers using false
names, making the form of payment critical to determining the user's true
identity," said the analysis, which was provided in
advance Wednesday to senators.

...

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