[Discussioni] Fwd: House votes 385-3 for wiretaps, life sent. for malicious hackers]

[Alessandro Rubini]

Ferdinando scriveva:
> Tutti gli atti che citi non sono sicuramente a disposizione del
> semplice operatore delle Forze dell'Ordine che esegue controlli su
> strada ma sono atti piuttosto complicati per cui occorrono molte
> autorizzazioni.

Altrove non e` piu` cosi`, e non solo nelle dittature.

> From: Declan McCullagh <declan a well.com>
> Subject: FC: House votes 385-3 for wiretaps, life sent. for malicious hacke=
> rs
> To: politech a politechbot.com
> 
> Text of bill:
> http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:h.r.03482:
> 
> Who voted (Rep. Ron Paul, Rep. Jeff Miller, Rep. Kucinich opposed):
> http://clerkweb.house.gov/cgi-bin/vote.exe?year=3D2002&rollnumber=3D296
> 
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> 
> http://news.com.com/2100-1001-944057.html?tag=3Dpolitech
> 
>    House OKs life sentences for hackers
>    By Declan McCullagh=20
>    July 15, 2002, 6:00 PM PT
> 
>    WASHINGTON--The House of Representatives on Monday overwhelmingly
>    approved a bill that would allow for life prison sentences for
>    malicious computer hackers.=20
>   =20
>    By a 385-3 vote, the House approved a computer crime bill that also
>    expands police ability to conduct Internet or telephone eavesdropping
>    without first obtaining a court order.
>   =20
>    The Bush administration had asked Congress to approve the Cyber
>    Security Enhancement Act (CSEA) as a way of responding to electronic
>    intrusions, denial of service attacks and the threat of
>    "cyber-terrorism." The CSEA had been written before the Sept. 11
>    terrorist attacks last year, but the events spurred legislators toward
>    Monday evening's near-unanimous vote.
> 
>    [...]