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Lawsuit filed to block "Internet Wiretaps"
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Perry E. Metzger)
Fri Nov 19 11:56:51 1999
To: cryptography@c2.net
From: "Perry E. Metzger" <perry@piermont.com>
Date: 19 Nov 1999 11:23:37 -0500
Message-ID: <87iu2ya1rq.fsf@snark.piermont.com>
FYI, originally to "Interesting People"
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Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 05:41:46 -0500
From: Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>
Subject: IP: Lawsuit filed to block "Internet Wiretaps"
>Date: Fri, 19 Nov 1999 00:38:28 -0800
>From: Martin Minow <minow@pobox.com>
>Subject: Lawsuit filed to block "Internet Wiretaps"
>X-Sender: mminow@postoffice.pacbell.net
>To: ravan@ietf.org, CYBERIA-L@LISTSERV.AOL.COM
>Cc: farber@cis.upenn.edu
>
>The New York Times web site (free, but registration required)
>reports that two civil liberties groups, EPIC and ACLU, filed
>suit challenging FCC rules that allow the U.S. government to
>monitor the Internet and other communications systems, such
>as cell phones. A separate suit was filed by the Electronic
>Frontier Foundation.
>
>'In their suit, the plaintiffs claim that the FCC rules exceed the
>requirements of CALEA and violate the Fourth Amendment, which
>prohibits "unreasonable searches and seizures."'
>
>The article is currently available at
><http://www.nytimes.com/cnet/CNET_0_4_1453532_00.html>, and
>might also be available on the CNET site <http://www.news.com/>.
>
>Martin Minow
>minow@pobox.com
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