Put this in the 'important if true' category: http://www.jya.com/sorm-fsb-ru.htm ----- From: "Maksim Otstavnov" <maksimat_private> To: cypherpunksat_private Date: Thu, 25 Jun 1998 22:28:02 +0400 Subject: SORM: New ex-KGB moves in telecom CC: John Young <jyaat_private>, Chris Oakes <chrisoat_private> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- To whom it may concern: The text between [Start of translation] and [End of translation] lines below is a verbatim translation of the two drafts of documents which are currently in the state of approvement by the two Russian ministries: Federal Security Service (FSB, one of the five special services inheriting to KGB) and State Committee on Communications (Goskomsvyaz'). The originals (and comments) are available at the Libertarium Webpages (www.ice.ru/libertarium/sorm). Inconsistencies of the original texts (including but not restrictive to: paragraph misnumbering, language vagueness etc.) are left intact. I left the two Russian abbreviations: SORM for the System of efficient research measures, and FSB for the Federal Security Service, to avoid confusion in future. In short: if approved, the rules will provide ex-KGB with technical facility to _directly_ and covertly wiretap _any_ information transmitted via telecommunication networks including telephone, telegraph, Internet etc. and there will be no means to ensure KGBists obtained a court warrant (required by Constitution and other federal legislation) before wiretapping. Any informed comments (of legal and technological, not emotional nature) from both organisations and from individual experts are welcome. I am grateful to all involved with obtaining the documents. Hope some day I will be in a position to mention them by their names... - - Maksim Otstavnov [reference the URL for the remainder of the document]
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b30 : Fri Apr 13 2001 - 13:09:51 PDT