[KLUG Members] White House to Propose System for Wide Monitoring of Internet

[Adam Tauno Williams]

>The subject line is the title of the article at:
>http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/20/technology/20MONI.html

It will succeed - in making lots of beaurocrats, wall steeters, IT companies and
consultants quite wealthy.  Which, lets be honest, is really the whole point
anyway.  "National security" is a diversion for adjusting economic policy.

Beyond that.... it's call "encryption" people.  Capture my data streams, go
ahead, and have fun doing it.

"We don't have anybody that is able to look at the entire picture,"

a) It is one MIGHTY BIG picture.
b) It isn't a "picture", it is a high-action IMAX movie.  The "picture" changed
while I was typing this sentance.  Good luck.