Champion Of Cyberspace Faces Its Biggest Case Yet

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Champion Of Cyberspace Faces Its Biggest Case Yet

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Scarlett View Member Profile	May 24 2006, 04:05 PM Post #1
Bleeping GloDiva Group: Members Posts: 7,479 Joined: 25-April 04 From: As always I'm beside myself ;) Member No.: 228	<img src='/images/comp_logos/att.gif' style='float:right' vspace='8' hspace='8'> <b> Listening in? Electronic Frontier Foundation accuses AT&T of violating users' digital privacy</b><br /><br />Sixteen years ago, a cattle rancher and Grateful Dead lyricist named John Perry Barlow surveyed the landscape of electronic communications and had visions of the Wild West.<br /> <br /> Thus was conceived the Electronic Frontier Foundation. <br /> <br /> We were in the lawlessness phase, and the sheriff was coming to town,'' said Shari Steele, executive director of the San Francisco-based organization that Barlow and two colleagues founded. Only rather than siding with latter-day sheriffs seeking to ride herd on the fledgling Internet, Steele said, "we were trying to keep the freewheeling, Wild West feeling going and protect people's rights.''<br /><br /> <div class='newslinks'><img src='http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/style_images/1/cs_page.gif'> <b>Link: <a href='http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/05/23/MNGIOJ0G7V1.DTL&hw=Cyberspace&sn=001&sc=1000' target='_blank'><font color='red'>Complete San Francisco Chronicle</font></a><br /><img src='http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/style_images/1/cs_page.gif'> <b>Link: <a href='http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/05/23/MNGIOJ0G7L1.DTL' target='_blank'><font color='red'>Related Artticle</font></a><br />

tg1911 View Member Profile	May 25 2006, 02:09 AM Post #2
Can't decide what to use, so I won't use anything. Group: Global Moderator Posts: 13,231 Joined: 6-May 04 From: SW Louisiana Member No.: 363	And the government's view on the subject: QUOTE SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The United States government, not any court, is the best judge of whether to keep programs such as its controversial effort to eavesdrop on citizens a secret, an assistant attorney general said on Wednesday. The full story: US says gov't, not court, should judge spy secrets -------------------- I love being married. It's so great to find that one special person you want to annoy, for the rest of your life.

jgweed View Member Profile	May 25 2006, 07:46 AM Post #3
Forum Addict Group: Global Moderator Posts: 19,739 Joined: 11-April 04 From: Chicago, Il. Member No.: 113	At one time, the US Attorney General, and the Department of Justice, spent their time defending the liberties and rights of the citizens, and held the rule of law to be the cornerstone of US life. How far have we travelled. Regards, John -------------------- Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one should be silent.

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