Poor G-men, losing control by the minute. What are they going to do once it becomes impossible to determine the source or destination of information or the precise conduit over which it travels? The future is Freenet, not Freehnet. ;) --PH ====================== July 6, 2000 FBI Raises Security Issues On NTT-Verio Acquisition By GLENN R. SIMPSON and DAVID S. CLOUD Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL WASHINGTON -- The Federal Bureau of Investigation has raised national-security concerns about a Japanese company's attempt to acquire a U.S. Internet service provider, signaling the government's increasing worry about the globalization of, and its loss of control over, telecommunications networks... In recent years, the FBI and other security agencies have raised concerns about their ability to maintain surveillance over telecommunications networks being acquired by companies based outside the U.S. Now, law-enforcement officials appear to be moving to extend their influence to Internet deals, which generally aren't regulated by the Federal Communications Commission but come before an obscure Treasury panel called the Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S.... An NTT spokesman confirmed Wednesday that the inquiry is a response to FBI and Justice Department concerns that law-enforcement agencies maintain access to Verio's Internet backbone so that they can obtain wiretaps and serve subpoenas for information needed for their investigations. Wiretaps are a common tool in espionage investigations and are used in some criminal probes... _____________________________________________ Get Your Free Email from http://www.hotml.com
