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Cops Have Got Your Number
explosionhead writes "Salon has a nice article about the FBI's stretching their powers for phone taps under the 'Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act' and how this could apply to digital communication. The FCC tried to apply this 3 years ago, and it was fought off, but the article also comments that many of the Telcos were hesitant to argue this time around for fear of bad post Sept-11 publicity." We covered this when it happened, with a lot of good information if I do say so myself. Salon is now noting that no one is willing to challenge the revised FCC rules, running scared in the (dare I say it?) post-September 11 world.
Actually if I see someone walking down main street with a large trenchcoat now I wonder which bar my buddy's going to. Plus I'll also be on main street with my large black trenchcoat my folks got for me a scant 6 weeks before Columbine (thanks folks!) People forgot that, they forgot Oklahoma City, they'll forget this. People want to be free, people want to be lazy, and people want to be happy; even if it means hurting foreigners or it means forgetting something we probably shouldn't forget.
And of course by People I mean we stupid lazy Americans. As for winning and losing? America defeated herself well before anyone knew who Osama even was.
You Americans are so stupid. Don' you get that your lifestyle offends half the globe? Although nothing excuses what happened on 9.11 it happened because those who did it are unhappy about US military presence in Saudi Arabia (even if under invitation). You don't need to open the pandora's box of spy-tactic laws to stop this you just need to stop offending people.
Oh, and when you got abroad and ask "hey boy, you speak American?" remember it's called "English"!