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- rmxz, on 04/24/2008, -2/+250If they're looking for another illegal activity to monitor, perhaps they should monitor for illegal wiretapping by law enforcement without the proper warrants.
- blinkatron, on 04/24/2008, -1/+134Can we please start electing politicians who won't allow the government to trample all over our rights? Please?
- Maddoktor2, on 04/24/2008, -3/+94***** THE oops...brb - someone's at the door...
- Adamande, on 04/24/2008, -2/+86Nice. It's like the United States of China.
- thejoshbennett, on 04/24/2008, -1/+57And we continue to ***** on the Constitution.
- linkdj, on 04/24/2008, -1/+45OH, SNAP.
- kl78229, on 04/24/2008, -2/+44Future DIGG Headline:
FBI Officially added to RIAA/MPAA Payroll. - loomis6335, on 04/24/2008, -1/+42One step closer to 1984
- armatu, on 04/24/2008, -1/+31-Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government
- But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. - dstz, on 04/24/2008, -1/+30It's fantastic to see history in the making. The high speed loss of freedom in occidental countries. The descent into worldwide famine. Resource wars. It'll be fun! like the middle ages, but with helicopters!
- sandiegodude, on 04/24/2008, -1/+27Monitor ALL internet traffic?
LOL, good luck there. You're going to need a few warehouses full of a few billion dollars worth of servers with just 1 sole purpose... monitoring.
Fat old white guys in Congress have no ***** clue the enormity of the project they're suggesting. Even if it were to pass.... Good luck with implementation!
... morons - WoollyMittens, on 04/24/2008, -1/+25God knows what will be deemed "illegal" or "immoral" in the future. Maybe Bush Jr Jr will have you shot for the lol-cats you browsed today. I'd rather they keep the hell out of my business.
- wynja, on 04/24/2008, -1/+25Oh FFS, they're already monitoring the ***** internet. They're just trying yet again to make something retroactively legal.
- Kyrgizion, on 04/24/2008, -0/+23As if they aren't already doing what they damn well please, they're merely seeking legal grounds for it now so that it's easier to accept whatever they dig up as evidence in courts.
But in the field, I doubt laws phaze these guys at all. - kurtwinter, on 04/24/2008, -1/+23Will the morons in charge please take a moment to consider that broadband and internet services in general would not have the market penetration they do if it weren't for porn and copyright abuses?
- ATLien74, on 04/24/2008, -2/+21Child porn is bad. Identity theft is bad. The war on drugs is a gigantic waste of money, time and resources that could be spent on fighting child porn and ID theft.
- humanerror, on 04/24/2008, -1/+19When the FBI gets to this page they're gunna be like daaaaaamn we got TOLD
- Ratteler, on 04/24/2008, -1/+19Who is watching the watchmen.
- Phughu, on 04/24/2008, -1/+19I wish they'd quit kicking the corpse of the 4th amendment. It's dead already, let it rest in peace.
- blackturtleus, on 04/24/2008, -1/+18We invade a country without any real evidence and then hold no one accountable. We applaud as law enforcement in Texas kidnaps 400 kids without any actual evidence. We're making it all way too easy! Whether it's the liberals protecting kids or the conservatives fighting terrorism, the results the same... the Constitution is set aside to make it easier for law enforcement to do their jobs... which seems to be depriving us of our rights!
- orxor, on 04/24/2008, -0/+17I prefer United Soviet States of America.
- studlystevie, on 04/24/2008, -0/+17The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, PAPERS, and EFFECTS, against UNREASONABLE SEARCHES and seizures, shall not be violated, and no WARRANTS shall issue, but upon PROBABLE CAUSE, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.
- bigfloppydonkey, on 04/24/2008, -1/+15lol, what more "illegal" activities would they be looking for? They already monitor enough of our *****. Maybe they should start monitoring themselves before us. If the system is corrupt to begin with, then in theory (note: not going to happen) anything they find wouldn't be able to be used, but we all know how that goes.
- wexmajor, on 04/24/2008, -5/+19***** the FBI
- jasonhoutx, on 04/24/2008, -0/+14They who would give up an essential liberty for temporary security, deserve neither liberty or security - Benjamin Franklin
- ATLien74, on 04/24/2008, -3/+17Write in Ron Paul!!!
- exscind, on 04/24/2008, -2/+16You are SO COOL for noticing.
- leopardflames, on 04/24/2008, -0/+13this is probably going to get sloppy very fast...incase they forgot- the internet is global.
- Brain1, on 04/24/2008, -0/+13If we give them the right to do that, the next thing they will want is to Plant High resolution Video, Audio Surveillance equipment in every room in our homes.
I will never vote for another incumbent again in my lifetime!! - mlostracco, on 04/24/2008, -0/+13How about they go after whomever is flooding the internet with unsolicited spam and malware instead of reading the zany inbox forwards my mom sends me?
- theholyraptor, on 04/24/2008, -0/+13does anyone else think that this was proposed after someone got drunk and watched Die Hard 4 and came up with this idea?
- mxmj, on 04/24/2008, -0/+12How would one 'set up an Anarchy'?
- UnstableMind, on 04/24/2008, -0/+12Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. I think we can do without people monitoring what I'm doing. If I want to watch porn, I'll watch porn. It's no one else's damn business. ***** off!
- johnnycornholer, on 04/24/2008, -0/+12Big Brother in the form of an increasingly powerful government and in an increasingly powerful private sector will pile the records high with reasons why privacy should give way to national security, to law and order, to efficiency of operation, to scientific advancement and the like. -Justice William O. Douglas
- rficwizard, on 04/24/2008, -1/+12Sure they would. They would wildly over-prosecute a few innocent or only slightly guilty people who were stupid or unlucky, while the real criminals use anonymous or encrypted communication. They would get convictions, we would see that they were *doing something* and everyone would be happy. Almost.
- dondara, on 04/24/2008, -4/+15***** that. They are just being lazy. They want some huge data center that they can "monitor" from so they can sit around and play WoW all day. Stupid pigs. Besides phising, what "cybercrime" really matters? And don't say pedo ***** because thats real crime that ends up on the net.
- mxmj, on 04/24/2008, -0/+11Time to buy stock in whichever drive manufacturer usually gets government contracts.
- lazerus9, on 04/24/2008, -1/+11...And this would be something new for them?
- canUdi9it, on 04/24/2008, -0/+10If only they had this power before 9-11. The hijackers had the whole thing mapped out on their web site. It was called 'www.weplantoflyplanesintobuildings.org'
/sarcasm - theholyraptor, on 04/24/2008, -3/+13Obligatory RON PAUL! just cause I kinda miss reading his name every 20 seconds on the internet.
- Digger1218, on 04/24/2008, -0/+10BRBFBI
- gobbleplex, on 04/24/2008, -0/+9They just need to find ever more creative ways to infiltrate and sabotage anti-war groups and groups who aren't happy with the administration.
- Clydesdale, on 04/24/2008, -2/+11Just make things like TOR onion routers the norm. Good luck finding things in encrypted data packets guys. The stupidity of the federal government really is astounding.
- Steeple, on 04/24/2008, -0/+9has anybody tried switching the fbi off for a few days and seeing if anything stops working, cause i'm sure they cost more than leaving the tv on standby overnight
- crapmatic, on 04/24/2008, -2/+10Maybe if the FBI does a better job cracking down on eBay scammers and Craigslist thieves, I'll have more sympathy for those proposals. You can't even get them to read a complaint unless there's been $5000 in losses. But if you steal $10 from a bank, they're all over it like white on rice.
- Mysk, on 04/24/2008, -0/+8: like the middle ages, but with helicopters!
I LOL'd - laserblazer, on 04/24/2008, -2/+10Porn and copyright abuse are the birth-right of all free peoples.
- alaskyn66, on 04/24/2008, -0/+7Good 'ole U.S.S.A.
- inactive, on 04/24/2008, -0/+7Ok, they can kiss my Black Irish ass.
- jabbaloca, on 04/24/2008, -0/+7sledgehammer
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