Quoting Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) from politech: > Text of the Cyber Security Enhancement Act: > http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c107:H.R.3482: > > Cybercast of the hearing, at 4 pm ET today: > http://www.house.gov/judiciary/schedule.htm > > --- > > http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,50363,00.html > > Cybercrime Bill Ups the Ante > By Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > 2:00 a.m. Feb. 12, 2002 PST > > WASHINGTON -- Some forms of illegal hacking would be punished by life > imprisonment under a proposal that Congress will debate on Tuesday.
Unless of course it is destructive hacking perpetrated by duly authorised thugs of the administration, of course. The latitiude given to groups like the CIA to commit offenses against just about anyone if it, say, helps backstop an `officially sanctioned' covert op should indicate the precise worth of such legislation. Regards, Steve -- Don't nobody pay no mind to dis po' gamma.
