--- begin forwarded text Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 22:51:23 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "L.J.Alberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: IP: WHITE HOUSE PROPOSES MASSIVE COMPUTER MONITORING SYSTEM Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: "L.J.Alberts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1999 20:28:41 ET XXXXX WHITE HOUSE PROPOSES MASSIVE COMPUTER MONITORING SYSTEM; WILL TRACK BANKING, TELECOMMUNICATIONS AND OTHER NETWORKS The Clinton administration has developed a plan for an extensive computer monitoring system, overseen by the FBI, that will track banking, telecommunications and other industries, it will be reported on Wednesday. The National Security Council is conducting a legal and technical review of the new Clinton plan, a final report is scheduled to be made public in September. NEW YORK TIMES reporter John Markoff has been shown a draft, according to publishing sources, and was busy on Tuesday afternoon preparing a story. In some government circles, the proposed system has been nicknamed "Hillary." The plan calls for the development of a "sophisticated software system to monitor activities on non-military government networks" and a separate system to "track all transactions used in the banking, telecommunications and transportation industries." The system is intended to alert law enforcement officials to computer attacks that might cripple governmental or the nation's economy. But it could also become a massive government utility used for surveillance of citizens, critics contend, with great potential for misuse. "Law enforcement agencies obviously would be under great temptation to expand the use of the information in pursuit of suspected criminals," the TIMES will report. The plan has drawn fire from civil libertarians because it blends "civilian and military functions" in protecting the nation's computer networks. Law enforcement agencies would be under great temptation to expand the use of the information in pursuit of suspected criminals. And the plan would put a new and powerful tool into the hands of the FBI. Developing. _________________________________________________ Reports are moved when circumstances warrant (c)DRUDGE REPORT 1999 Not for reproduction without permission of the author -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Personal Privacy 6.5.1 iQEVAwUBN55wKuX/Rf8MRjfTAQH2qQf/fi2ru8l5gv5zkJ0zXoMPaPX+27yavkeY M0baGGRwFdhNxGt9RwWDZf4YZ36m6oZ4iF3BVM8+ujVByCtWUcP+Q1nDDmti/nZo ob69QPEACe0Nxc2g7ODvtcpsp95JA7BzMXDrYC4ryZWFdOF2xpe7D/fMYDcrpHr8 Mcgq4GibDPoXvrRszDj/Wqpao/B1f/GYtwv2vKGi0Pke9mnNMxoRTdIooUai9Qa+ kjWFsoyMBuY+qPA98u9n6C0Xbrrt1+CHM2SNYSXVEXpckg+qEcpIq58mUlvH4GI5 Dq18a4zfaVk837V06ZbczGwg1RCaJhh/hWVOTNrYTTXSZ7clIziVHg== =5A6h -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- **************************************************** To subscribe or unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: (un)subscribe ignition-point email@address or (un)subscribe ignition-point-digest email@address **************************************************** www.telepath.com/believer **************************************************** --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'