http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,47199,00.html Anti-Terror Bill Not Done Yet By Declan McCullagh (declanat_private) 2:00 a.m. Sep. 29, 2001 PDT WASHINGTON -- Negotiators are meeting through the weekend to decide whether hacking offenses and electronic surveillance will be part of a landmark anti-terrorism bill. Only a few days remain before preliminary votes on the "Anti-Terrorism Act" (ATA) are scheduled to take place, and it's anything but clear what portions will stay intact. Currently, the bill -- drafted by the Bush administration -- would add computer hacking to the list of federal terrorism offenses punishable by life imprisonment, and rewrite wiretapping and Internet eavesdropping laws. Other portions that have raised concerns would give police more power to arrest and detain immigrants. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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