Privacy
It appears that the only privacy this administration wants to preserve is its own. Interesting variations of coverage of meetings that began last Friday and continue today:
NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/02/washington/02records.html?hp&ex=1149220800&en=073d2d1af33df5f8&ei=5094&partner=homepage
The Justice Department is asking Internet companies to keep records on the Web-surfing activities of their customers to aid law enforcement, and may propose legislation to force them to do so.
The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Robert S. Mueller III, and Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales held a meeting in Washington last Friday where they offered a general proposal on record-keeping to a group of senior executives from Internet companies, said Brian Roehrkasse, a spokesman for the department. The meeting included representatives from America Online, Microsoft, Google, Verizon and Comcast.
"It was clear that they would go beyond kiddie porn and terrorism and use it for general law enforcement," Mr. Rotenberg said.
Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/01/AR2006060102216.html
Top U.S. law enforcement officials have told Internet companies that they must retain customer records longer to help in child-pornography and terrorism investigations and that they are considering asking Congress to require that records be preserved.
LA Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fi-internet2jun02,0,6144735.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Big Internet and telephone companies are girding to fight an unprecedented call by the Bush administration for them to keep detailed records of customers' online activities for two years.
The request by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III would dramatically expand the government's ability to track what people do online and with whom they communicate.
It follows disclosure that the Justice Department had solicited potentially billions of online search queries from some of the same companies and that the National Security Agency had requested calling records of virtually all U.S. customers.
Beyond law enforcement, though, the trove also could be available to lawyers arguing civil lawsuits -- including divorce cases and suits against people suspected of swapping copyrighted movie and music files online. Privacy advocates fear the online histories could be exploited by criminal investigators conducting inappropriate exploration or pursuing minor cases.
NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/02/washington/02records.html?hp&ex=1149220800&en=073d2d1af33df5f8&ei=5094&partner=homepage
The Justice Department is asking Internet companies to keep records on the Web-surfing activities of their customers to aid law enforcement, and may propose legislation to force them to do so.
The director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Robert S. Mueller III, and Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales held a meeting in Washington last Friday where they offered a general proposal on record-keeping to a group of senior executives from Internet companies, said Brian Roehrkasse, a spokesman for the department. The meeting included representatives from America Online, Microsoft, Google, Verizon and Comcast.
"It was clear that they would go beyond kiddie porn and terrorism and use it for general law enforcement," Mr. Rotenberg said.
Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/01/AR2006060102216.html
Top U.S. law enforcement officials have told Internet companies that they must retain customer records longer to help in child-pornography and terrorism investigations and that they are considering asking Congress to require that records be preserved.
LA Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fi-internet2jun02,0,6144735.story?coll=la-home-headlines
Big Internet and telephone companies are girding to fight an unprecedented call by the Bush administration for them to keep detailed records of customers' online activities for two years.
The request by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III would dramatically expand the government's ability to track what people do online and with whom they communicate.
It follows disclosure that the Justice Department had solicited potentially billions of online search queries from some of the same companies and that the National Security Agency had requested calling records of virtually all U.S. customers.
Beyond law enforcement, though, the trove also could be available to lawyers arguing civil lawsuits -- including divorce cases and suits against people suspected of swapping copyrighted movie and music files online. Privacy advocates fear the online histories could be exploited by criminal investigators conducting inappropriate exploration or pursuing minor cases.