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 FBI Plans New Push on Internet SurveillancePosted on Jul 10, 2006CNET: The FBI has drafted sweeping legislation that would require Internet service providers to create wiretapping hubs for police surveillance and force makers of networking gear to build in backdoors for eavesdropping, CNET News.com has learned. FBI Agent Barry Smith distributed the proposal at a private meeting last Friday with industry representatives and indicated it would be introduced by Sen. Mike DeWine, an Ohio Republican, according to two sources familiar with the meeting. The draft bill would place the FBI’s Net-surveillance push on solid legal footing. At the moment, it’s ensnared in a legal challenge from universities and some technology companies that claim the Federal Communications Commission’s broadband surveillance directives exceed what Congress has authorized. The FBI claims that expanding the 1994 Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act is necessary to thwart criminals and terrorists who have turned to technologies like voice over Internet Protocol, or VoIP. Previous item: Gay Marriage Ban Punishes Children Next item: Christian Weight Loss Programs Booming Elsewhere: . CommentsAre you a Truthdig member yet? Login now, or register with Truthdig. Add Your Comment
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By too much is too much, July 10, 2006 at 11:22 am #
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I say no to this “legislation”.
And now the FBI has even told them that they are going to be monitoring VOIP. As if the terrorists did not already suspect it was being monitored. Would any serious terrorist use VOIP anymore even if this legislation did not pass ?? This is ridiculous. This is an absolute total red herring.
And who is monitoring the FBI !!!!!! Are we just supposed to trust them ?
Even a fool knows that if someone guards the hen house with no one guarding them then eventually they become the fox. And that is what has happened with our secret agencies. They have been around for 60 years and they have become BIG FAT FOXES. NO ONE has monitored them. They have forgotten that they exist to serve the people. This is the only reason they exist. They are our servants.
We spend 30 billion dollars a year for the secret services budget in the USA.
And what have we gotten.
They weren’t even able to stop 911 even though there were a lot of tips by the FBI field agents to upper management in the FBI. This is all over the internet people. This is a fact !!! One FBI field agent told his superior 75 times. But his superior did not listen 75 times. 75 Times. 75 TIMES. Let that sink in. 75 Times. Can we ever trust the FBI again after this major botch up !!!!
Lets whittle their budget down to 10 billion a year and keep reducing it. Lets lay off 66% of the people in these secret agencies and keep laying off. They have gotten too big for their britches. This attack dog needs to be muzzled. It hasn’t ever been muzzled in 60 years. Can you imagine having a 60 year old pit bull on steroids (let’s say they live a long time) that has always been able to do whatever it wanted and has never been disciplined even once ? Think about it. We are seeing this now. They are there to serve us, NOT the other way around.
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