Date: Tue, 4 Dec 2001 21:47:58 -0500
To: Matthew Gaylor <freematt@coil.com>
From: Matthew Gaylor <freematt@coil.com>
Subject: US assumes global cyber-police authority [What else is new?]
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< http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/23036.html >

US assumes global cyber-police authority
By Mark Rasch
Posted: 27/11/2001 at 10:32 GMT

Much has been written about the new anti-terrorism legislation passed by
Congress and signed by President Bush, particularly as it respects the
ability of the government to conduct surveillance on email, voice-mail, and
other electronic communications. However, too little attention has been
paid to other provisions of the legislation, particularly a significant
change to the definition of the types of computers protected under federal
law.

An amendment to the definition of a "protected computer" for the first time
explicitly enables U.S. law enforcement to prosecute computer hackers
outside the United States in cases where neither the hackers nor their
victims are in the U.S., provided only that packets related to that
activity traveled through U.S. computers or routers.

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