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Gilmore Commission Recommends Secret 'Cyber Court'

Posted by michael on from the quis-custodiet dept.

hillct writes: "Yesterday the House Committee on Science received newly released cyber security recommendations from Virginia Governor James S. Gilmore, III of the Gilmore Commission. Most disturbing among these recommendations was a call for "Establishment of a special 'Cyber Court' patterned after the court established in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act"." See also the Wired story. Do we really need another secret, unaccountable court?

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  1. Why Yes, Yes we do need another secret court. by maggard · · Score: 5, Funny
    For over 200 years the USA has suffered under it's impractical Constitution and the unworkable so-called "Bill of Rights". We need to move forward into a new era where we can compete with every tin-pot dictatorship and repressive regime on their own level!

    Only criminals need fear this - you're not a criminal are you?

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    I don't read ACs: If a post isn't worth so much as a nom de plume to its author then I wont bother either.
  2. if they can do it so can we by how_would_i_know · · Score: 5, Funny

    "Instead, Gilmore told the House Science committee, the commission will recommend that a "cyber court" be created with extraordinary powers to authorize electronic surveillance and secret searches of suspected hackers' homes and offices."

    Well... maybe we should convice some judge to create a new 'cyber congress' with extraordinary powers of resistance to soft money.

  3. Time for Sesame Street again. by Tackhead · · Score: 5, Funny
    From Wired:
    > Rep. Vernon Ehlers (R-Michigan) suggested additional punitive measures. "I think hackers should also be considered terrorists and sentences that hackers get should be in line with terrorist sentences,"

    Let's see here...

    • Scanning port 137.
    • DDOSing eBay.
    • r00ting j00r b0x3n and writing 4LL J00r B4$3 R B3L0NG 2 US on your website!
    • Flying three 767s, fully-loaded with fuel, into office buildings, murdering 6000-7000 people in the process.

    "One of these things is not like the other. One of these things does not belong."

    I'm gave up expecting wisdom out of our Congresscritters years ago. As for their ability to grasp complex technological and constitutional issues, that's also hoping too much.

    But at the moment, I'd settle for a demonstration that they're capable of understanding Sesame Street.