Draft bill by John Ashcroft to follow the USA Patriot Act.

Declan McCullagh details some of the worrisome plans in the new bill on News.com.

A copy of this bill is online. Thanks to Andrew Farrington for the link.

Support the American Civil Liberties Union in voicing your opposition to this bill.

Update March 20, 2003:

"It hasn't been introduced in Congress yet, but a large coalition wants to stop draft legislation that broadens government eavesdropping and adds prison time for felons who use encryption in the commission of a crime. Groups as diverse as the American Civil Liberties Union, Gun Owners of America, the Mennonite Central Committee, and about 67 others, oppose the Domestic Security Enhancement Act (DSEA), mainly because it expands government intelligence gathering at the expense of individual privacy. DSEA would allow the FBI and state authorities to monitor a suspect's Web browsing for up to 48 hours without court approval, according to a published report. Currently, law enforcement must promptly notify the target of an investigation, but DSEA would allow up to three months of notification lag time. In addition, prosecutors could issue "secret subpoenas" during computer crime investigations that compel people to turn over evidence and then keep mum about its existence."

From SECURITY WIRE DIGEST, VOL. 5, NO. 22, MARCH 20, 2003.

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