[governance] U.S. gives big, secret push to Internet surveillance

[Louis Pouzin (well)]

The Justice Department agreed to issue "2511 letters" immunizing AT&T and
other companies participating in a cybersecurity program from criminal
prosecution under the Wiretap Act, according to new documents obtained by
the Electronic Privacy Information Center.

Senior Obama administration officials have secretly authorized the
interception of communications carried on portions of networks operated by
AT&T and other Internet service providers, a practice that might otherwise
be illegal under federal wiretapping laws.

The secret legal authorization from the Justice Department originally
applied to a cybersecurity pilot project in which the military monitored
defense contractors' Internet links. Since then, however, the program has
been expanded by President Obama to cover all critical infrastructure
sectors including energy, healthcare, and finance starting June 12.

"The Justice Department is helping private companies evade federal wiretap
laws," said Marc Rotenberg, executive director of the Electronic Privacy
Information Center, which obtained over 1,000 pages of internal government
documents and provided them to CNET this week. "Alarm bells should be going
off."

[read on]

http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57581161-38/u.s-gives-big-secret-push-to-internet-surveillance/

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Which is taking over the internet, USG or ITU ?  LOL
Louis
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