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Date: 2000-02-01
FIDnet: Ueberwachung oeffentlicher US-Netze-.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- Treue anklingt, ist [wie beim schönen begriff "Sicherheit"] doppeltes Misstrauen angebracht. De facto handelt sichs beim dem Federal Intrusion Detection Network um ein ganz ordinäres Überwachungsgesetz, das den gesetzlich ermächtigten US-Behörden Zugriff auf alle Netze von RegierungsStellen und anderen öffentlichen Institutionen einräumen wird. -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- EPIC Calls for Withdrawal of "FIDNET" at Senate Hearing The Senate Judiciary Committee today reviewed the Administration's proposed National Plan for Information Systems Protection. Civil liberties organizations have criticized the proposal, and said that it will dramatically expand government surveillance of the nation's communications network. They have singled out the Federal Intrusion Detection Network , "FIDNet", as raising far- reaching threats to American citizens. Marc Rotenberg, Executive Director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), called the proposed FIDNet plan contrary to the "the spirit of the federal wiretap statute, the plain language of the federal Privacy Act, and the history of the Fourth Amendment." He said that, "the FIDNet proposal, as currently conceived, must simply be withdrawn. It is impermissible in the United States to give a federal agency such extensive surveillance authority." EPIC also released a government memo at the hearing, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, which indicates that the US Department of Justice is aware that the FIDNet proposal may violate US law. Other records obtained by EPIC show that government will use credit card records and telephone toll records as part of its intrusions detection system. Rotenberg charged that the backers of the security plan were "trying to apply twentieth century notions of national defense to twenty-first century problems of communications security." Last year EPIC warned that a similar Critical Infrastructure Program posed to the civil liberties of Americans. The revised security plan discusses privacy issues in a number of places, but civil liberties organizations contend that the panel is long on rhetoric and short on safeguards. "The Plan imply lacks the legal protections and independent oversight that would be necessary to prevent abuse," said EPIC. Barry Steinhardt, Associate Director of the Americal Civil Liberties Union, added, "Based on their past record it is quite clear that if Federal law enforcement agencies like the FBI begin to monitor the use of Federal government websites and networks by ordinary people that they will seek ever greater surveillance powers and will abuse whatever power is given to them." Also testifying at the hearing were John Tritak, Director, Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office and Frank Cilluffo, Senior Policy Analyst, Center for Strategic and International Studies The Electronic Privacy information Center is a public interest research organization located in Washington, D.C. [http://www.epic.org] EPIC has also conducted a series of Freedom of Information Act lawsuits to determine the extent of government monitoring of American citizens. For more information, see the EPIC Open Government page [http://www.epic.org/open_gov] EPIC report "Critical Infrastructure Protection and the Endangerment of Civil Liberties" is available for sale at the EPIC Bookstore along with other publications on privacy, encryption, and free expression [http://www.epic.org/bookstore] Also, see the ACLU Cyber-Liberties webpage [http://www.aclu.org] -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- edited by published on: 2000-02-01 comments to office@quintessenz.at subscribe Newsletter - -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- -.-. --.- 
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