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Congress may consider mandatory ISP snooping

Posted by oilyfish on · 6 comments
CNET News.com; By Declan McCullagh
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Last week, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, a Republican, gave a speech saying that data retention by Internet service providers is an "issue that must be addressed." ... Now, in a demonstration of bipartisan unity, a Democratic member of the Congressional Internet Caucus is preparing to introduce an amendment--perhaps during a U.S. House of Representatives floor vote next week--that would make ... data deletion illegal.

[Shudder! - dcparris]

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""Our main concern on the bill is privacy, protecting the privacy of everyone out there on the Internet, but also retention of those records so law enforcement officials will have access to them, so we just need to really tinker with the language," MacGillis said. "

this statement just gives me the warm and fuzzies all over.
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I was astounded to see the Stephen Colbert talk to the National Press Corp dinner, President included. If you haven't seen it, I can recommend it:

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Second that Bob.

I also find it really funny that the Pres, and the press all said he bombed.... I guess those bombs were falling too close for comfort. It was also strange that very few news sites or major news stations carried the storey at all.
Keep on spreading that fine truthiness, lads.
You've gotta love Colbert's ability to keep his routine going even thought he room was giving him nothing.

"The greatest thing about [President Bush] is that you know where he stands. He believes the same thing Wednesday, that he believed on Monday. No matter what happened Tuesday."

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