I wasn't sure if I should forward this or not... should I assume that most every cypherpunk with usenet access keeps an eye on comp.society.privacy? I found this article surprising; I wasn't even aware that there was any such bill in Congress. It seems that the FBI is busy chipping away at privacy on many fronts. So, how good is the argument that Clipper keys are held safely in escrow awaiting a warrant, if no warrant is required to gain a legal wiretap? ----- begin forwarded message ----- From: David Brierley Newsgroups: comp.society.privacy Subject: Wiretaps without warrants Path: portal!uunet!computer-privacy-request Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1993 01:54:13 GMT Message-ID: Organization: Division of Academic Computing, Northeastern University, Boston, MA. 02115 USA Sender: comp-privacy@pica.army.mil Approved: comp-privacy@pica.army.mil X-Submissions-To: comp-privacy@pica.army.mil X-Administrivia-To: comp-privacy-request@pica.army.mil X-Computer-Privacy-Digest: Volume 2, Issue 039, Message 1 of 7 Sorry to get this out so late, but better late than never. It is from the Boston Sunday Globe of April 11, 1993, page 16. ------------------------- New England Votes in Congress Roll Call Report Syndicate WASHINGTON - This is how New England members of Congress were recorded on major roll-call votes last week. ... TO EXPAND FBI PHONE ACCESS: By a vote of 367-6, the House sent the Senate a bill expanding the FBI's power to obtain, without court warrants, telephone records and conversations in investigations of international terrorism and espionage. The bill grants the FBI access in such investigations to information on unlisted numbers that phone companies cannot now divulge. It also enables FBI counterintelligence agents to obtain a broader range of telephone conversations involving suspected terrorists and spies. A yes vote was to pass the bill. Connecticut: Voting yes: Kennelly, Gejdenson, Shays, Franks, Johnson. Not voting: DeLauro. Maine: Voting yes: Andrews, Snowe. Massachusetts: Voting yes: Neal, Blute, Frank, Meehan, Torkildsen, Markey, Kennedy, Moakley, Studds. Not voting: Olver. New Hampshire: Voting yes: Swett. Not voting: Zeliff. Rhode Island: Voting yes: Machtley, Reed. Vermont: Not voting: Sanders. ... ----- end forwarded message ----- -- Valerie Lambert * valerie@biocad.com * 415/903-3923 * "The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress." --Charles Kettering