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Wiretapping Made Easier

Posted by michael on from the hurray-for-eavesdropping dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes "Less than a week after it was decided that virtual child pornography was legal, a bill has been introduced into Congress that makes it easier for wiretaps to be authorized by allowing material constituting or containing child pornography to be valid grounds for requesting a wiretap."

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  1. I feel like I should be getting riled up here... by realgone · · Score: 4, Interesting
    ...but I'm not quite sure about what.

    A quick read-through of the bill -- and as bills go, this one is really short, so hop on over and take a look -- makes it seem as if all they've done is add owning/distributing child porn was added to the list of wiretappable crimes. If there's more there, I'm missing it.

    Other than the faint unease I may feel at law enforcement's gradual erosion of our communal privacy, I'm not really getting a Big Brother vibe off this one. But it might be a useful stepping-off point for a /. discussion on wiretaps in general...

  2. How many wiretap laws are needed? by zmedico · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Why can't we just have one wiretap law for all types of crimes?

  3. Is child porn a Thought Crime? by zmedico · · Score: 2, Interesting

    There is an interesting article at http://www.alternet.org

    Thought Crimes
    http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID =12959

    Even the Supreme Court recognizes that sexual fantasies -- even about children -- are not necessarily rehearsals for harmful actions.