When law enforcement goes exterritorial…
From: Telepolis online magazine
http://www.heise.de/tp
One thing September 11th has demonstrated is that surveillance systems such as Echelon and Carnivore are not providing European or American intelligence services with anything very useful by way of ‘terror’-related information – a fact that makes such systems’ incursions on the privacy of ordinary citizens seem even more unwarranted than they were already. So why are EU members about to sign a new ream of legislation granting new powers? And who is behind the creation of a global regime of net laws?
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