The article that Ann has so graciously share with us is a very scary. It is really sad that little to no protest from Americans will result from these rules.
The points that scary me the most are: - Agents can search commercial and law enforcement databases for any individual or organization they want, even without real evidence of wrongdoing, but they must officially open a so-called assessment inquiry. Agents can't administer a lie-detector test until they open a "preliminary investigation," which requires a factual basis for suspected wrongdoing (unlike the assessment). Agents will be able to search the trash of a potential informant as part of an assessment. "Agents have asked for that power in part because they want the ability to use information found in a subject’s trash to put pressure on that person to assist the government in the investigation of others. Investigations into members of the press and academic scholars are also considered sensitive, and call for extra supervisions. The new rules make a distinction between bloggers as members of the press: "Prominent bloggers would count, but not people who have low-profile blogs," but the details of that distinction are unclear. - So basically, FBI agents can look at any database they want, make anyone take a lie-detector test, search anyone's trash and investigate anyone who shows a measurable level of intelligence. I would have said Gestapo, but KGB give the right sentiment. Chris... On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 2:14 PM, Greg Nolan <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 10:26 AM, Michael Sokolov > <[email protected]> wrote: >> I firmly believe that ReiserFS was/is of much greater value to Humanity >> than that bitch he might have killed. (I say "might have" because I >> really could not care less whether or not he has actually killed her. >> That detail is unimportant to me, he is still a hero to me and will >> always remain one.) >> >> MS > > <Joey Lawrence voice> > > WOAH! > > </Joey Lawrence voice> > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > [email protected] > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers > -- "As we open our newspapers or watch our television screens, we seem to be continually assaulted by the fruits of Mankind's stupidity." -Roger Penrose _______________________________________________ LinuxUsers mailing list [email protected] http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers
