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Message #1841 of 2187  *NEW* To From Subject Date All Rob Reed   Attorney General wants Internet records saved 9/19/06, 2:59pm (Last Edited: 9/19/06, 2:59pm) Where are you surfing today? Want the government to know about it? Alberto Gonzales does. WASHINGTON -- Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday that Congress should require Internet providers to preserve customer records, asserting that prosecutors need them to fight child pornography. Gonzales and FBI Director Robert Mueller have met with several Internet providers, including Time Warner Inc.'s AOL, Comcast Corp., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp. and Verizon Communications Inc. The law enforcement officials have indicated to the companies they must retain customer records, possibly for two years. The companies have discussed strengthening their retention periods - which currently run the gamut from a few days to about a year - to help avoid legislation. Something to keep in mind. -------------------------------------------------------- "Treat the Earth not as if it was given to you by your parents, but as if it was lent to you by your children." - Kenyan Proverb "The power of accurate observation is often called cynicism by those that do not have it." - George Bernard Shaw -------------------------------------------------------- • Previous Topic • Next Topic • Reply to Msg #1841 • Back to Topics

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Message #1843 of 2187  *NEW* To From Subject Date BestLight Rob Reed   Re: Attorney General wants Internet records saved 9/20/06, 11:59am There is a legitimate reason, in the sense that Gonzales wants to go after child pornographers, and I think this is a good thing. The problem is that all of these issues have been hashed out 200 years ago as a result of the founding fathers living in a system with these kind of controls (obviously not technological, but the forced government intrusion stuff, the protection from which is one of the basic tenets of our Constitution). There has to be some level of balance. There has to be a different answer. The easier answer would be to have ISPs install systems to redflag child pornography related keywords only. While child pornographers can get away from this by establishing websites without these keywords, it still would help to make things harder on them (i.e., no keywords, harder to search for). I would be for this limited intrusion (i.e., I don't see a public policy incentive to protect child pornographers). -------------------------------------------------------- "Treat the Earth not as if it was given to you by your parents, but as if it was lent to you by your children." - Kenyan Proverb "The power of accurate observation is often called cynicism by those that do not have it." - George Bernard Shaw -------------------------------------------------------- • Previous Topic • Next Topic • Reply to Msg #1843 • Back to Topics

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