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U.S. Pressures ISPs on Data Retention

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the because-they-needed-more-to-do dept.

packetmon writes "According to Wired's Declan McCullagh 'In a private meeting with industry representatives, Gonzales, Mueller and other senior members of the Justice Department said Internet service providers should retain subscriber information and network data for two years ... A more extensive mandate would require companies to keep track of e-mail messages sent, Web pages visited and perhaps even instant-messaging correspondents.'"

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  1. Perfect Security = Zero Privacy by rocker319 · · Score: 0, Troll

    George Bush is making all of us less secure. And we have to trust him to protect our privacy? Not. Try this: http://www.policyalternatives.ca/MonitorIssues/200 5/12/MonitorIssue1275/index.cfm?pa=DDC3F905 Richard

  2. 1) Cheney secret meeting. 2) Gas prices rose. by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 1, Troll

    MOD PARENT UP!!!

    The U.S. government is becoming involved in a culture of all war, all the time, and all surveillance, all the time.

    Most people don't realize that former presidents have access to CIA and NSA data. So, if voters in the U.S. elect a president who has family and friends and business associates heavily invested in oil and weapons companies, that president will be able to use the data to spy on competitors. It's not so crude as that, and a lot more sneaky, but that is the result.

    U.S. Vice-president Cheney had a secret meeting with oil executives. A few months later, the price of gas rose enormously. Coincidence?

    George W. Bush is the "worst president of our lifetime".

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