All Asian in the US are already wiretaped in America.
FBI wiretaps 'scary proposition'
Published: April 8, 2008 at 8:46 AM
WA****NGTON, April 8 (UPI) -- A communications circuit giving U.S.
authorities access to personal cell phone conversations is a serious
privacy concern, critics say.
The FBI is linked to a database that allows monitoring of the parties
involved, the time, the place and duration of calls made on cell
phones and a wants to expand those surveillance capabilities, The
Wa****ngton Post said Tuesday.
A 1994 law mandated telecommunication companies build surveillance
capabilities into their networks allowing the FBI to link field
offices and its headquarters in Quantico, Va., to national telephone
companies and Internet firms.
Babak Pasdar, a security consultant, said in a statement to
congressional leaders he worked on a network called "the Quantico
Circuit" that allowed "unfettered" access to wireless networks.
The FBI can then share that information with national law enforcement
and intelligence agencies, like the CIA.
Modern technology allowing point-and-click access to conversations is
a concern to privacy advocates who worry the ease of use is an open
invitation to abuse.
Al Gidari, a lawyer who handles wiretap issues, said the expansion
into "an automatic feed" of telecom data to the Quantico Circuit
translates to "full tracking capability." And that, Gidari says, is "a
scary proposition."
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