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US Congressman Announces Plans To Probe Wikileaks

Posted by kdawson on from the good-luck-with-that dept.

eldavojohn writes "Congressman Peter King (R-NY) is calling for a probe into Wikileaks with regard to the recent publication of half a million 9/11 pager messages. He has announced that he plans to have his Washington staff begin a preliminary investigation because Wikileaks' action 'raises security issues.' A word of caution: Congressman King has been known to make inflammatory and unpopular statements."

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  1. "Raises security issues"? by sopssa · · Score: 5, Insightful

    As pager traffic is totally unencrypted, it's not a surprise that someone might be intercepting them. Especially on Wall Street, like the article states, because it's high valued information. Of course, pagers are pretty much used only in USA... phone/sms traffic elsewhere is better encrypted.

    So will government understand that all communications over the Internet too (browsing, email, im) have to be changed over SSL? Or will they do the normal thing; ignore the problem and just arrest and sue the guy who was intercepting that traffic and/or wikileaks because they're supposedly risk to security, along with demanding more government regulation on the Internet?

    1. Re:"Raises security issues"? by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Insightful

      I think you are being a little unfair.

      Men like Peter King would gladly usher in fascism just for the warm and fuzzies it would give them. The gains would just be gravy.