“There is a concern that the Internet could be used to commit crimes and that advanced encryption could disguise such activity. However, we do not provide the government with phone jacks outside our homes for unlimited wiretaps. Why, then, should we grant government the Orwellian capability to listen at will and in real time to our communications across the Web?”
Written by John Ashcroft. Who is, tangentially, the subject of this New York Times story detailing the Justice Department’s use of the Patriot Act provisions in investigations having nothing to do with terrorism.
Ashcroft link from the Signal to Noise column on donewaiting.com
