The War on Porn meets the War on Terror
First phones, now this:
The Federal Bureau of Investigation wants U.S. Internet providers to retain Web address records for up to two years to aid investigations into terrorism and pornography [one of these things is not like the other – ed.], a source familiar with the matter said on Thursday.
The request came during a May 26 meeting between U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and
FBI Director Robert Mueller with top executives at companies like Google Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Time Warner Inc.’s AOL.
“I think there is less of a willingness to passively go along with this type of request than there might have been a year ago,” said the source, mentioning the recent uproar over a report that telephone companies had provided call records to the National Security Agency.
A Justice Department spokesman confirmed the meeting but was not immediately available to comment on how long law enforcement officials wanted the records retained.
June 3rd, 2006 at 1:45 am
A Justice Department spokesman confirmed the meeting but was not immediately available to comment on how long law enforcement officials wanted the records retained.
Two years.
June 3rd, 2006 at 1:48 am
The original reason Gonzales gave for needing ISP’s to retain records for a long period of time was child pornography. Apparently that didn’t work, so now he’s conveniently made it a terrorism issue.
Next it’ll be drugs, then guns.
June 3rd, 2006 at 9:03 am
The Patriot Act was a bad idea to begin with. It didn’t get any better by being renewed. Now every damn thing is terrorism, from jaywalking to removing the tag on your pillow. Even if it is not, the secrecy provided keeps us ignorant of the trespasses against the constitution and good sense.
June 4th, 2006 at 12:20 am
“I think there is less of a willingness to passively go along with this type of request than there might have been a year ago,” said the source, mentioning the recent uproar over a report that telephone companies had provided call records to the National Security Agency.
One may ferverently hope.