[IceGirl2]

More power to them! Let them follow every trail they can to stamp out this evil. If a few perverts give up their activities because they are afraid of being discovered--good! Those of us who have nothing to be ashamed of don't mind sharing our lives with the FBI.

[Pete]

I am curious. How many people are left with the impression from this article that Stewart Baker is against the FBI's plan?

[Dimensio]

While we're at it, we need to get rid of encryption too! Terrorists could be using strong uncrackable encryption to send their Internet messages, encryption that could fly undetected right past the FBI's tracking software. If you're encrypting something, then you're obviously hiding something.

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[MadIvan]

My question: with responsible people in charge, this could turn out fine. What happens if the First Bitch comes to office and exploits this power?

Regards, Ivan

[RetiredArmy]

Well, I guess the 50,000 or so posters on FR will get a check up soon from the Female Body Inspectors.

[Southack]

Yawn.

This story isn't news to anyone who has paid attention at all over the last three years.

[Jefferson Adams]

the FBI has plans to change the architecture of the Internet and route traffic through central servers that it would be able to monitor e-mail more easily.

Isn't that just special?

How long until we have to be approved for our internet licenses? And our papers for travelling? And the TV cameras in our houses? Just to be safe, you know. After all, if you're doing nothing wrong you have nothing to fear, right?

[sweetliberty]

Quite frankly this scares the hell of me. There is a part of me that says that signing this into law is equivalent to signing a death warrant against America as a free country, thereby making us slaves to the federal government. All that's lacking is a "brand." Oh sure, they SAY it is only for 4 years and that it will be limited in scope, but wasn't the same thing said of the income tax at its inception? Can anybody cite a situation in which the federal government ever returned a power to the people once they had gotten it away? Why would this be any different? What I see is foreigners commiting crimes against us and Americans paying the price. What is wrong with this picture?

[Lael]

And while we are at it, subscribe to an off shore ANONOMIZER type SECURE TUNNELING TECHNOLOGY...not even your ISP can decode it!!

BTW, what happens when the GUMSHOES break into an "occupied dwelling" within the meaning of the Burglary Statutes of many Western States?? It could spawn a Constitutional Backlash if the FEDS destroy property looking for Passphrases.

Look for Jury Nullification increase drastically as a "there but for the Grace of G-d" juror mindset takes over.

Remember that Terry Nichols was almost ACQUITTED 10 to 2 on the first vote...the only difference was an Federal informant was allowed to testify in Nichols' defense...the Jury SMELLED A RAT!!

[ofMagog]

I am a 14 year old girl and I am in the 9th grade.
I do not know any foreigners.
I love my president, my governor and all other government employees,
whom I believe are grossly underpaid and underappreciated.
I especially believe the FBI has the best of all.

[Bad~Rodeo]

Pings from Virginia..hmmmm....(scratching butt)

[ModernDayCato]

I laughed out loud when I read this one. This snooping can be thwarted easily and without cost...go to MIT and download the latest copy of freeware PGP, the encryption software, and encrypt your email with it. Rest assured the terrorists will be.

[100%FEDUP]

Maybe if they were allowed to do this all along they could have interecepted some terrorists messages.

BTW, did you know that Whoresama's boys like to encrypt their messages in pornographic pictures which they download from porno sites.

Aren't these the very same types of sites which groups like EPIC tried to keep g-men from tracking download traffic?

[Salvation]

WAR time moves.

[sendtoscott]

?I don?t think (FBI) motives are bad, but I do think they?re using people?s current state of mind ? they?re using it to their advantage,? said Mikal Condon, staff attorney for EPIC.

Using people's fear (i.e. their "state of mind") to their own advantage pretty much proves bad motives, IMHO.