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To: lorne who wrote (49155)	2/17/2000 7:28:00 AM
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OT(?) Lorne, You asked a great many questions a couple of days ago and made some statements about freedom of the Internet. This article may say something about which way the wind is blowing: Everything Hacked but the Budget by Declan McCullagh 1:15 p.m. 16.Feb.2000 PST Justice Department and FBI officials Wednesday told a Senate panel that last week's denial of service attacks provide ample reason to give law enforcement bigger budgets and additional powers. Attorney General Janet Reno testified that the Clinton administration's fiscal year 2001 budget request would give agents the "capacity to trace and detect cyber criminals around the world." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Read more Technology news Everybody's got issues in Politics -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Neither Reno nor FBI Director Louis Freeh divulged details about suspects in last week's assault against prominent Web sites, except to say agents are interviewing people and reviewing records kept by the companies that were attacked. "There are fast developing leads.... We are very pleased with the progress of this investigation," Freeh told the Senate Commerce, Justice, and State appropriations subcommittee. They urged Congress to approve the administration's request for $37 million in extra funding in addition to the roughly $100 million now being spent on federal computer crime-fighting. The budget also includes $240 million to rewire telephone networks to ensure police can wiretap communications. The members of the panel, headed by (cont) Prize quote: "One possibility is a controversial plan that says if a suspect was using data-scrambling encryption products, the FBI's G-men would enter the suspect's home and install software to tap into and decipher scrambled communications." wired.com

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