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To: Ken who wrote (7379)	7/29/1999 12:46:00 AM
From: Ken	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 9818

Are we in for it now! READ THIS!<more of a threat to our system of ordered liberty than any single attack on our infrastructure could ever be." (some have laughed at my predict that there will be a State of National Emergency, and suspension of due process, Posse Comitatus, Constitution, etc., within 6 months and 'creeping' gradients until it is; in 6 months none of us will be laughing). >Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 10:37:04 -0400 >From: Electronic Privacy Information Center <info@epic.org> >Subject: EPIC Warns that FBI Plan Threatens Privacy > > >PRESS RELEASE >For Immediate Release >July 28, 1999 > >Contact: David Sobel (202-544-9240) >Electronic Privacy Information Center >http://www.epic.org > > EPIC WARNS THAT FBI SURVEILLANCE PLAN MARKS > THE RETURN OF "COLD WAR MENTALITY" > >WASHINGTON, DC - The Electronic Privacy Information Center >(EPIC) today reiterated its concerns that governmental efforts >to protect the "critical infrastructure" pose serious threats to >the privacy and civil liberties of American citizens. EPIC >repeated its warning in the wake of reports that the Federal >Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is about to embark upon a >comprehensive program of monitoring non-military Government >computer networks and communications networks used by crucial >industries like banking, telecommunications and transportation. > >In its report "Critical Infrastructure Protection and the >Endangerment of Civil Liberties," released in October 1998, EPIC >noted that the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure >Protection (PCCIP) had proposed > > the development of a large-scale monitoring strategy > for communications networks. Borrowing techniques that > have been applied to hostile governments and foreign > agents, the PCCIP brings the Cold War home with an > open-ended proposal to conduct ongoing surveillance on > the communications of American citizens. > >EPIC noted in its report that "these proposals are more of a >threat to our system of ordered liberty than any single attack >on our infrastructure could ever be." > >According to EPIC General Counsel David Sobel, the new FBI >surveillance plan "demonstrates that privacy concerns are being >swept under the rug." He warned that, "There is a real danger >that a Cold War mentality is developing within the federal >government when it comes to the perceived threats of the >Internet and communications technology." > >Since the publication of its report, EPIC has been monitoring >implementation of the PCCIP recommendations, including the >"United States National Plan for Information Systems >Protection." That plan calls for the establishment of a Federal >Intrusion Detection Network (FIDNET). The FIDNET system would >be linked to a similar system in the Defense Department known as >the Joint Task Force/Computer Network Defense (JTF-CND), which >monitors all Defense Department networks. Earlier this year, >EPIC filed a series of Freedom of Information Act requests >seeking the details of these initiatives. > >"Critical Infrastructure Protection and the Endangerment of >Civil Liberties" is available at: > > epic.org > >EPIC's archive of materials on Critical Infrastructure >Protection is available at: > > epic.org > > > - 30 - > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 10:37:04 -0400 >From: Electronic Privacy Information Center <info@epic.org> >Subject: EPIC Warns that FBI Plan Threatens Privacy > > >PRESS RELEASE >For Immediate Release >July 28, 1999 > >Contact: David Sobel (202-544-9240) >Electronic Privacy Information Center >http://www.epic.org > > EPIC WARNS THAT FBI SURVEILLANCE PLAN MARKS > THE RETURN OF "COLD WAR MENTALITY" > >WASHINGTON, DC - The Electronic Privacy Information Center >(EPIC) today reiterated its concerns that governmental efforts >to protect the "critical infrastructure" pose serious threats to >the privacy and civil liberties of American citizens. EPIC >repeated its warning in the wake of reports that the Federal >Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is about to embark upon a >comprehensive program of monitoring non-military Government >computer networks and communications networks used by crucial >industries like banking, telecommunications and transportation. > >In its report "Critical Infrastructure Protection and the >Endangerment of Civil Liberties," released in October 1998, EPIC >noted that the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure >Protection (PCCIP) had proposed > > the development of a large-scale monitoring strategy > for communications networks. Borrowing techniques that > have been applied to hostile governments and foreign > agents, the PCCIP brings the Cold War home with an > open-ended proposal to conduct ongoing surveillance on > the communications of American citizens. > >EPIC noted in its report that "these proposals are more of a >threat to our system of ordered liberty than any single attack >on our infrastructure could ever be." > >According to EPIC General Counsel David Sobel, the new FBI >surveillance plan "demonstrates that privacy concerns are being >swept under the rug." He warned that, "There is a real danger >that a Cold War mentality is developing within the federal >government when it comes to the perceived threats of the >Internet and communications technology." > >Since the publication of its report, EPIC has been monitoring >implementation of the PCCIP recommendations, including the >"United States National Plan for Information Systems >Protection." That plan calls for the establishment of a Federal >Intrusion Detection Network (FIDNET). The FIDNET system would >be linked to a similar system in the Defense Department known as >the Joint Task Force/Computer Network Defense (JTF-CND), which >monitors all Defense Department networks. Earlier this year, >EPIC filed a series of Freedom of Information Act requests >seeking the details of these initiatives. > >"Critical Infrastructure Protection and the Endangerment of >Civil Liberties" is available at: > > epic.org > >EPIC's archive of materials on Critical Infrastructure >Protection is available at: > > epic.org > > > - 30 - > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 10:37:04 -0400 >From: Electronic Privacy Information Center <info@epic.org> >Subject: EPIC Warns that FBI Plan Threatens Privacy > > >PRESS RELEASE >For Immediate Release >July 28, 1999 > >Contact: David Sobel (202-544-9240) >Electronic Privacy Information Center >http://www.epic.org > > EPIC WARNS THAT FBI SURVEILLANCE PLAN MARKS > THE RETURN OF "COLD WAR MENTALITY" > >WASHINGTON, DC - The Electronic Privacy Information Center >(EPIC) today reiterated its concerns that governmental efforts >to protect the "critical infrastructure" pose serious threats to >the privacy and civil liberties of American citizens. EPIC >repeated its warning in the wake of reports that the Federal >Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is about to embark upon a >comprehensive program of monitoring non-military Government >computer networks and communications networks used by crucial >industries like banking, telecommunications and transportation. > >In its report "Critical Infrastructure Protection and the >Endangerment of Civil Liberties," released in October 1998, EPIC >noted that the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure >Protection (PCCIP) had proposed > > the development of a large-scale monitoring strategy > for communications networks. Borrowing techniques that > have been applied to hostile governments and foreign > agents, the PCCIP brings the Cold War home with an > open-ended proposal to conduct ongoing surveillance on > the communications of American citizens. > >EPIC noted in its report that "these proposals are more of a >threat to our system of ordered liberty than any single attack >on our infrastructure could ever be." > >According to EPIC General Counsel David Sobel, the new FBI >surveillance plan "demonstrates that privacy concerns are being >swept under the rug." He warned that, "There is a real danger >that a Cold War mentality is developing within the federal >government when it comes to the perceived threats of the >Internet and communications technology." > >Since the publication of its report, EPIC has been monitoring >implementation of the PCCIP recommendations, including the >"United States National Plan for Information Systems >Protection." That plan calls for the establishment of a Federal >Intrusion Detection Network (FIDNET). The FIDNET system would >be linked to a similar system in the Defense Department known as >the Joint Task Force/Computer Network Defense (JTF-CND), which >monitors all Defense Department networks. Earlier this year, >EPIC filed a series of Freedom of Information Act requests >seeking the details of these initiatives. > >"Critical Infrastructure Protection and the Endangerment of >Civil Liberties" is available at: > > epic.org > >EPIC's archive of materials on Critical Infrastructure >Protection is available at: > > epic.org > > > - 30 - > --------------------------------------------------------------------------