Support for U.S. Mandatory Data Retention Laws

chill wrote to mention a C|Net article about an upswell in support for a mandatory data retention policy here in the U.S. From the article: "Top Bush administration officials have endorsed the concept, and some members of the U.S. Congress have said federal legislation is needed to aid law enforcement investigations into child pornography. A bill is already pending in the Colorado State Senate. Mandatory data retention requirements worry privacy advocates because they permit police to obtain records of e-mail chatter, Web browsing or chat-room activity that normally would have been discarded after a few months."

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No finger pointing from Europe..

[Vellmont]

It always seems there's this finger pointing from Europe about how the crazy Americans have limited freedom again. Well this time Europe has struck first.

This is a global problem with governments, not a single wacko government out of control. It really scares me that the western world is really moving more toward the restrictive policies of China than China is moving towards freedom.