Date: Sun, 6 May 2001 16:03:06 -0400 From: freematt@coil.com (Matthew Gaylor) Subject: Electronic Spying on the Rise, Privacy Groups Warn Ashcroft To: freematt@coil.com (Matthew Gaylor)
Electronic Spying on the Rise, Privacy Groups Warn Ashcroft; Urge Government Accountability and Judicial Control
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, May 3, 2001
WASHINGTON -- Following up on a recent meeting with Attorney General John Ashcroft, a coalition of privacy advocates [AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION * CENTER FOR DEMOCRACY AND TECHNOLOGY * ELECTRONIC PRIVACY INFORMATION CENTER * ELECTRONIC FRONTIER FOUNDATION * FREE CONGRESS FOUNDATION * LAW ENFORCEMENT ALLIANCE OF AMERICA] today sent the Attorney General a series of specific recommendations about how the Bush Administration can better protect the privacy of all Americans.
"The law has not kept pace with technology and as a result, each and every American is an easy target of privacy invasions by government," said Gregory T. Nojeim, Associate Director of the ACLU's Washington National Office. "Swift action by the Bush Administration is required to protect us all from unwanted intrusions."
The FBI's use of a powerful and invasive electronic monitoring system, aptly named "Carnivore," topped the list of issues raised with Ashcroft. Of particular concern is the access Carnivore gives the federal government to every piece of electronic correspondence coming through Internet Service Providers (ISPs) required to use it. The groups asked Ashcroft to move technical control of Carnivore from the FBI to the ISPs to ensure that only those individuals targeted by a court order could be subject to electronic government scrutiny.
The letter also argues that government agents must have probable cause when ascertaining the location of a person by tracking the person's cellular telephone. Similarly, the privacy advocates asked Ashcroft extend the limits on traditional wiretapping and eavesdropping to other new forms of electronic surveillance.
"The computer and the cellular phone are becoming windows through which the government can peek into your private life," said Nojeim. "Since law enforcement gets no access to your telephone conversation when your neighbor's phone is tapped, why not apply the same rule to e-mail moving in cyberspace?"
The letter also calls for reasonable limitations on law enforcement access to private medical records.
"As unbelievable as it may sound, the fact is that even with the new medical records privacy regulation, video rental records will continue to enjoy greater privacy protection against governmental intrusion than do highly sensitive medical records," Nojeim said.
The Ashcroft letter can be found on-line at:
http://www.aclu.org/congress/l050201a.html
Copyright 2000, The American Civil Liberties Union
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Date: Sun, 06 May 2001 22:16:34 -0400 To: Matthew Gaylor <freematt@coil.com> From: Ian Goddard <Ian@goddard.net> Subject: Re: Plausible Explanation of RF Incidental Casualties
Since this EMP scenario is supported by numerous witnesses accounts, more of the evidence supports this scenario:
WAS FLIGHT 800 FELLED BY AN ELECTROMAGNETIC-PULSE WARHEAD?
How could so many witnesses see a missile inercept Fliht80 ad yet the oly evidence found suggests that an electrical surge, not a missile, ignited the center fuel tank? Could there be a war- head designed to destroy aircraft with a powerful electromagnetic pulse (EMP) that would only leave evidence of an electrical surge? Looking for the answer at the Library of Congress I found it...
The US Navy began developing a magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) warhead for antiaircraft missiles ten years ago and was test firing them two years before the Flight 800 crash. An MHD warhead kills an aircraft by burning out its circuits with a powerful electrical surge induced by a electromagnetic pulse (EMP) from the warhead detonating near the aircraft. The systems from Flight 800 were riddled with evidence of a powerful electronic surge. In fact, the official cause was declared to be an inexplicable surge strong enough to put a spark into the center fuel tank.
Goddard's Journal introduces and explores the theory that Flight 800 was downed by a missile equipped with an EMP warhead, offering an explanation for both eyewitness testimony and physical evidence. The report is replete with photographic evidence and an animation:
EMP-warhead theory: http://users.erols.com/igoddard/twa-emp.htm
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