> It difficult to tell from the article whether UK ISPs are refusing to > cooperate with lawful requests from UK police, or if UK police are > trying to get ISPs to give information without proper authorization. > > http://www.computerweekly.com/articles/article.asp?liArticleID=119873
It's difficult to argue with the premise that "it was in the interests of ISPs to co-operate in investigations against hackers and virus writers". I can recall posts to this list bemoaning the fact that the FBI was slow or unwilling to launch cybercrime investigations not tied espionage, terrorism, or other good, old-fashioned crime.