IP: Re url for more on: Europe & techno surveillance

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

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Date: Fri, 04 Dec 1998 06:20:20 -0800
To: farber@cis.upenn.edu
From: James Glave <james@wired.com>
Subject: Re: IP: Europe & techno surveillance

Hi Dave, FWIW that was Wired News, and the URL is:


http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/16588.html

>Europe readies police techno-surveillance law
>By Niall McKay
>
>SAN FRANCISCO (Wired) - The European Union is quietly getting ready to
>approve legislation that will allow the police to eavesdrop both on Internet
>conversations and Iridium satellite telephone calls without obtaining court
>authorization.
>
>The legislation is part of a much wider memorandum of understanding between
>the EU, the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and Norway, a nonmember
>European nation. That agreement allows authorities to conduct telecom
>surveillance across international borders, according to a Europol document
>leaked to members of the European Parliament.


James Glave, News Editor, Wired News, http://www.wired.com  +1 (415) 276-8430