[E. Pluribus Unum]

To date no terrorists are known to have violated the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. But several recent hacker cases would have qualified as "Federal terrorism offenses" under the Justice Department proposal...

Go after the guys who didn't do it. Makes sense to me.

[Dan De Quille]

and assaults designed to change the purpose of government."

What does this mean?

[Common Tator]

Go after the guys who didn't do it. Makes sense to me.

That's right. Wait 'till a fire starts.. then we'll discuss geting a fire department. Eveyone knows a fire department is just oppresive taxation until the fire starts.

[steenkeenbadges]

"Go after the guys who didn't do it. Makes sense to me."

When you play, you pay. It's kinda like STD's. It was fun til payback time.

Life just isn't fair, is it kids?

[Dirt]

"I don't believe that our definition of terrorism is so broad," said Ashcroft. "It is broad enough to include things like assaults on computers, and assaults designed to change the purpose of government."

Does this mean that someone will finally be able to go after the person that wrote "Buttons.exe"?

[UnChained]

On the heels of the OKC bombing, Clinton tried to push through some anti-terrorist legislation that would have given the executive branch power the declare any group it chose to be a terrorist organizations and would have allowed the imprisonment and seizure of the assets of anyone providing any kind of aid to said terrorists.

A broadly worded power like this in the hands of someone like BIll Clinton would have been scary. Churches, political enemies of Bill and even FreeRepublic and its membership could easily have been targets.

Fortunately for us, congress was too sensible to be stampeded into supporting such dictatorial power in the executive.

It gives me pause how similar the current anti-terrorism act resembles what Clinton wanted but couldn't get. With the protracted war on terrorism that GWB pushes, will it still be in place when Hillary is annointed as queen by the media in seven years?