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Politics : Bill Clinton Scandal - SANITY CHECK -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (65786)	2/8/2000 2:48:00 PM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

Clinton's Wiretap-Heavy Budget by Declan McCullagh 1:25 p.m. 7.Feb.2000 PST WASHINGTON -- President Clinton's proposed $1.84 trillion budget includes millions of dollars in new spending on technology and law enforcement programs. The record budget request for the 2001 fiscal year, which begins 1 October, asks Congress for more money for wiretapping, police databases, antitrust enforcement, and computer crime forensics. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clinton Favors Computer Snooping Read more Politics -- from Wired News Vote 2000: Life After Bill (Lycos News) See also: NASA Explores Bigger Budget -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- One of the heftiest increases, from $15 million to $240 million, will pay telephone companies to rewire their networks to facilitate federal and state wiretapping. Under the 1994 Communications Assistance to Law Enforcement Act (CALEA), Congress may "reimburse" phone companies for their efforts, but the controversial process is the subject of a lawsuit currently before a federal appeals court. Half of that money, $120 million, will come from the Department of Defense's "national security" budget -- a move that alarms privacy groups. "The proposal to use thinly disguised intelligence agency money to fund CALEA confirms what we have suspected all along: The National Security Agency is a silent partner in the government's campaign to make our entire telecommunications system, including the Net, wiretap ready," says Barry Steinhardt, associate director of the American Civil Liberties Union. "If it's up to the FBI and the NSA, the only medium of communications they won't be able to tap will be two tin cans and a string." (cont) wired.com

To: Johannes Pilch who wrote (65786)	2/9/2000 8:57:00 AM
From: pezz	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 67261

Well it is clear that you do not choose to answer any questions that I ask so I suppose that this communication is over. Just a parting suggestion though. If one should ask you "What you do?" rather than reply with an inane.... <<Then I am sincerely happy for you.>> (Making no sense atall ) Why not try "None of your God damn business!" exclamation and all? You might garner some much needed respect. ps <<Now I would have a problem with being a truck-drivin' hippie,>>.... Not to worry you ain't got what it takes!