On Apr 8, 8:02=A0am, d...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> 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."
And the U.S. condemns China for doing the same thing. Shame on you,
Uncle Sam.
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