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To: long-gone who wrote (33568)	5/10/1999 7:15:00 AM
From: John Hunt	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116909

OT - Intercepting the Internet (Privacy) << European commission documents obtained this week reveal plans to require manufacturers and operators to build in "interception interfaces" to the Internet and all future digital communications systems. The plans, drafted by a US-led international organisation of police and security agencies, will be proposed to EU Justice and Home Affairs ministers at the end of May. They appear in Enfopol 19, a restricted document leaked to the London-based Foundation for Information Policy Research. The plans require the installation of a network of tapping centres throughout Europe, operating almost instantly across all national boundaries, providing access to every kind of communications including the net and satellites. A German tapping centre could intercept Internet messages in Britain, or a British detective could listen to Dutch phone calls. There could even be several tapping centres listening in at once. >> newsunlimited.co.uk ***** New threats to the Internet << Yet, I've got to tell you, there is another graver and more immediate government threat to Internet freedom -- not just in the United States, but worldwide. Later this month, the European Union will consider a plan, developed at the initiation of the Clinton administration's FBI, to require manufacturers and operators of all digital communication forms to build into their systems "interception interfaces." In plain English, what that means is "back-door surveillance devices." >> worldnetdaily.com Morning Richard, Big brother is just around the corner. John PS - I just read this week's Urban Survival page ... He is suggesting that China might use the embassy bombing to justify a currency devaluation.