DOJ proposes US data-rentention law.

[Trei, Peter]

I tried sending this last week, but it did not seem to go through:

Two points:

1. According to Poulson, the DOJ proposal never 
discussed just what would be logged. Poulson 
compared it to the European Big Brother legislation, 
which required storage to Web browsing 
histories and email header data (NOT email body text
or IP traffic).

2. After I posted the same info to /.
http://slashdot.org/articles/02/06/19/1724216.shtml?tid=103
(I'm the 'Anonymous Coward' in this case), Kevin updated
his article. The new version may be found at:
http://online.securityfocus.com/news/489

The relevant portions read:

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U.S. Denies Data Retention Plans

The Justice Department disputes claims that Internet service 
providers could be forced to spy on their customers as part 
of the U.S. strategy for securing cyberspace.
By Kevin Poulsen, Jun 19 2002 12:24PM

[...]

But a Justice Department source said Wednesday that data 
retention is mentioned in the strategy only as an industry 
concern -- ISPs and telecom companies oppose the costly idea -- 
and does not reflect any plan by the department or the White 
House to push for a U.S. law. 

[...]

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Peter Trei