How The Government Spies On Your Internet Use

intnsred writes "In explaining the recent PATRIOT act ACLU lawsuit, a D.C. civil rights lawyer writes, "I am sure that many of you reading this (and I, likely) have the government in our computers....Until now, we did not know much about how the government goes about this procedure. Now we do." Fascinating details of the case and how easy it is for the gov't to get warrantless access to you through your ISP. This clarifies and expands a previous /. article."

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[DRUNK_BEAR]

They really should create a category of story called "Tin-foiled hat". The logo for this category would be quite interesting I'm sure ;) This story and many past ones would be perfect to fall into this category!! ;)

airhead

[Anonymous Coward]

Wow, let's not cover the crimes of any Democrats.

Bill Clinton used FBI files as light reading, that used to be a crime, y'know.

Lyndon Johnson sent Hoover after every antiwar protestor, and Jimmah Carter had to know everything about everybody.

As far as McCarthy goes, he didn't spy on anyone, nor did anyone in the House of Representatives. The agency that did the spying in the era was the SENATE Un-American Activities Committee, controlled by Democrats, but you'll go on pretending Democrats don't do these kinds of things.

And I sure won't be voting for Kerry, that little sneak.

Re:Sad, sad, sad.

[isa-kuruption]

Uhmmm.....

Maybe your history of the "McCarthy Era" has been scewed by liberal media. McCarthy only spent about 4 months "accusing people" of being Communists, and in these names he got from CIA investigations already in progress. This had nothing to do with invading anyone's privacy, and isn't even on the same plain.

And Nixon is another story, again, has nothing to do with the current "problem".

However, let's look at Bill & Hillary Clinton. Hillary used her power as first lady to send U.S. secret service officials to "harrass" Bill's sexual harrassment accusers (Paula Jones). Talk about brushing away the law to suit your own personal needs.

Re:USA = China-Lite

[isa-kuruption]

Ahhh you silly person. Put on your tin foil cap... you're going to need it.

Did you ever hear about the dihydrogen-oxide conspiracy?

Don't RTFA

[Bob Cat - NYMPHS]

It's written by a leftist kook. Don't waste your time.

And if you haven't READ the Patriot Act, pleaase STFU. kthx.

Re:USA = China-Lite

[John Starks]

Do you think that the New York Times or any of the liberal news networks would ever report on something pro-Israel and pro-Bush? Of course not! They're biased too. You see, there is no unbiased news source that reports on everything. But you don't really care. You just like being able to deny everything Fox News says. I can read you like a book.

Re:USA = China-Lite

[Jeremiah Cornelius]

There is no "Al-Qaeda".

Who told you there was? Where did they get their information? Who's interest was providing this information serving?

You read something, and think you know something.

Now every two-bit bomb-thrower rides to the front page on claims of a connection to this fictional organization that is not an organization.

FNORD Emmanuel Goldstein FNORD.

Re:Patriot Act != Executive Order 9066

[rm3friskerFTN]

I only need an explanation if I need amusement ... it is fun both watching & listening to a lil script kiddy conformist get spun up over the 'big bad' PATRIOT Act while they demonstrate zero sense of perspective or history. How surprised the lil script kiddy conformists get when they surf the net, discovering that which they never learned:

Reading the source document PATRIOT Act instead of reading something about the PATRIOT Act written by an organization seeking funds for more Brie & Strawberry parties.

Reading the source document EO 9066 and visiting Manzanar everytime they cruise so quickly by it on their way to Mammoth or Tahoe to smoke dope, drink mundane beer and surf the slopes.

Reading Alexander Solzhenitsyn's account of the Soviet Gulag

(McCarthy && HUAC) != any americans shot, tortured, exiled, imprisoned, etc

(McCarthy && HUAC) != Cuban Isle of Pines

BTW, if there is another 9/11 then I have no doubt that it will get much worse than the Holocaust ... Gen. Franks Doubts Constitution Will Survive WMD Attack ... I hope the innocent vicitims caught in the net will have exercised their Second Amendment Rights. Will you be their beside them VIOLENTLY DEFENDING their rights or will you bleat like a sheep thinking they deserve to be herded into Camps because they happen to be the same ethnic group as the terrorists and they also compete for your script kiddy programmer job.

No illusions about the outcome of the VIOLENT DEFENSE of rights ... read about the Warsaw Ghetto